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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B vs. 1542C Message-ID: <hastyC68GC3.6z5@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1rne8l$kun@bigguy.eng.ufl.edu> <C687Mt.DqI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 06:50:26 GMT Lines: 24 In article <C687Mt.DqI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ckung@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu ((Mr.) C. Y. Kung) writes: >In article <1rne8l$kun@bigguy.eng.ufl.edu> sam@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (Sam Whedbee) writes: >>I'm buying a Toshiba hard drive that has a SCSI-2 interface and I >>was wondering if the Adaptec 1542C controller card works with >>Net/386BSD. The install notes only mention the 1542B. >> > I have a toshiba 1.2gb with and adaptec 1542c working with netbsd :-) However, I have my 1.2gb unterminated. The main advantage of the 1742c is that it has a setup screen at boot time which allows you to set the various options for the adaptec as opposed to setting jumpers on the card ---- very, very nice for setups like 386bsd where sometimes you find yourself trying many different combinations. Have fun! Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming