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- From: nemossan@uitec.ac.jp (Sakurao NEMOTO)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: more FDC_MAX_RETRY (was HELP, .. on Gateway 2000 486/33)
- Summary: Use TURBO-SW to decrease CPU-clock while instalation
- Keywords: FDD-trouble, 486-machines, TURBO-SW
- Message-ID: <1614@uitecgw.uitec.ac.jp>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 04:22:07 GMT
- References: <168C1E448.SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu> <1609@uitecgw.uitec.ac.jp>
- Organization: Univ. Industrial Tech., Sagamihara, JAPAN
- Lines: 19
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- In article <1609@uitecgw.uitec.ac.jp> I have written
- : In article <168C1E448.SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu> SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu (Max) writes:
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- : I thought waiting-time is too short for 486-machines, thus increased the
- : contents of MAX_FDC_RETRY upto 1000, then all the works can be done suc-
- : cesfully.
- : After that, I asked my net-friends in case of Linux and 386bsd, the former
- : uses 10000, and the latter 100000 for the waiting count. So, I think
- : "100" is too small in case of 486-machines.
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- One more suggestion!
- If waiting-time is the problem, try TURBO-SW to decrease
- system-clock, this is from a friend of mine, and I've not
- tried yet.
-
- (Mon) Dec 21 13:20 JST(+0900) 1992 nemossan@uitec.ac.jp
- (NEMOTO Sakurao, Univ.Indust.Tech. Sagamihara 229 JAPAN)
- (Tel: +81 427 63 9136 >DIALin< Fax: +81 427 63 9011)
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