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Paul,

This problem has been reported to the AOS folks before.  The easiest way
around the problem is to use the device /dev/rfd0 instead of /dev/fd0
thus forcing the device to re-read or written for each access.  (the
problem is the way the buffers are managed for the block floppy devices)
 You can either have folks explicitly indicate /dev/rfd0 each time or
you can patch the dos commands to use /dev/rfd0 by default (that's what
we did here) or you can submit an bug report and wait.


As for re-evaluating AIX, I think you have the right idea.  I have been
working with it for a few months porting a large system (CMU's Andrew
system) and have found it to be a much more robust environment in which
to do development than the AOS system on which the software was
initially implemented.  There are very few parts of BSD that are not
available in AIX.  Best of all, it's really nice to have an 800 number
to call where people will respond to problems, even by sending diskettes
with fixes, in 24 hours if the problem is really bad.


Best Regards,

Paul