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From: ckung@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu ((Mr.) C. Y. Kung)
Subject: Re: ***ADAPTEC 1542C WORKS***
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 03:55:10 GMT
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In article <1993Apr22.031759.4293@zip.eecs.umich.edu> khushro@niagara.eecs.umich.edu (Khushro Shahookar) writes:
>***ADAPTEC 1542C WORKS***
>...not with 386BSD, but with NetBSD.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Try the new kernel with patch-kit 0.2.3 in agate.
It also can work with 1542C.
>You should have the
>Extended BIOS Translation for DOS DRIVES > 1GByte - DISABLED.
Not quite. It works fine even if you set it enabled.
>You can use the 1542C with all default settings.
>
>I think the trick is in Julian's boot blocks. Either that, or
>NetBSD fixed something else that was broken.
>
>NetBSD folks: You can now officially announce support for 1542C in your
>readme files. It has been independently tested by atleast 2 people.
>
>--
>Copyright KHUSHRO SHAHOOKAR, $0.02
>khushro@eecs.umich.edu Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
>
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