Subject: Re: Boot Floppy Image Available
To: Juergen Weiss <weiss@uni-mainz.de>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/14/1997 23:13:11
As Juergen Weiss wrote...
>
> Curt Sampson writes:
> > All of that looks like it's due to firmware problems, although the floppy
> > disk read errors might also be due to a bad disk. I'm not sure what to
> > do about this; suggestions anyone?
>
>
> The data overrun errors seem to occur on all 166 MHz multias.
Mine is a 166Mc allright.
> They don't occur on 233 MHz models, even with the same firmware.
> Die DMA is not able to service the floppy controller in time
> (don't ask me why this should happen). The `solution' is to
> reread or rewrite the sector in error.
>
> Juergen Weiss
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