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From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal...
Subject: [9fans] Mitsumi FX320M
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:49:41 BST

the bios and probably other things (eg, windows9x if you're
doing the F8-6 keying before invoking b.com),
can nip in and fiddle with your ATAPI
device, disturbing the signature before
plan9 can see it.  the signature should reappear
if the ata controller is reset by plan9, but some combinations of
controller and device object to that (apparently), so that's
not default.  try adding the `reset' option to the ata0= line
in plan9.ini .  you should make the long->ulong and %lud changes too.
you'll possibly also have to change the code that checks the `reset'
option because it was in the wrong place in one of the updates.
(it set the flag after it had been tested.)
i haven't had a chance to check 816407398.rc to see whether
it has got that mistake.