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From: joe@grce.UUCP (Joseph Nordman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
Subject: Floppy time-out with Merge386
Summary: Handler times-out, retries work
Keywords: Merge386, Intel Unix system V
Message-ID: <342@grce.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 90 18:29:19 GMT
Reply-To: joe@grce.UUCP (Joseph Nordman)
Organization: GENROCO, Inc., Slinger, WI
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Anyone seen this before?

Running Merge386 under Unix, I get a device time-out when trying
to access the floppy from the DOS environment.  The error message is
the standard DOS message:

	Not ready error writing drive A
	Abort, Retry, Ignore?

This can happen on file copies, or on directory listings.  Typing 'r'
to force a retry always resolves the error, but I may get a number of
these time-outs if the transfer is large.

Using the floppy under Unix or MS-DOS works fine, so the hardware
seems OK.  

I am running Merge386 v1.3 under Intel UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2
(Bell Technologies).  My hardware is a 25MHz 486 prototype motherboard
based on the Opti 486/AT chip set.  My Floppy adapter is an Everex
2F,2H standard AT board.  I have tried changing AT bus parameters,
including increasing and decreasing the bus speed (6.3MHz and 12.5MHz),
but the symptoms remain the same.

Any ideas?

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Joe Nordman, Chief Engineer                  Phone: 414-644-8700 
GENROCO, Inc.                                Fax:   414-644-6667
205 Kettle Moraine Drive North               Telex: 158279420
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