-= Anthony DeStefano =-
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On 14 Feb 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980213220901.6692A-100000@shawc.demon.co.uk>
> By author: Shaw Carruthers <shaw@shawc.demon.co.uk>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > I have narrowed down this problem to include/asm-i386/floppy.h.
> >
> > Setting can_use_virtual_dma=0 in drivers/block/floppy.c makes the problem
> > go away.
> >
> > So the bug is in the vdma stuff,
> >
>
> That makes sense. The SYSLINUX installer broke at the same time the
> VDMA stuff was introduced (it will happily corrupt a floppy.)
>
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