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From: ram@floenz1.UUCP (Reimer Mellin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Err. 217
Message-ID: <1143@doitcr.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 89 01:22:40 GMT
References: <1123100003@stasys>
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Reply-To: ram@floenz1.UUCP (Reimer Mellin)
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In article <1123100003@stasys> fkk@stasys.UUCP (Frank Kaefer) writes:
} from newsinput (notes) when it tries to insert a new article in the
} notesfile. I have formated the harddisk with 8-sector clusters, so I
} don't get error 217 too often. But I think there should be another

configure your hard-disk descriptor !!!
a nice patch is PD_SAS (see sys.l), change it to 64 or $40 or whatever
u like .... (see tech. man. for further explanations).
BTW: I have abandonend the 8-sector cluster since they eat up too much
disk-space ....

Greetings
	Reimer Mellin
ps: no disclaimer