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From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich)
Subject: Re: auto-reset when booting install floppies?
Organization: private 386bsd site
References: <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de> <almCDHGnz.CHv@netcom.com>
Message-ID: <CDL93H.9q@luva.stgt.sub.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 06:37:51 GMT
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In article <almCDHGnz.CHv@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes:
>In article <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de> rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes:
>>I have recently tried both the NetBSD 0.9 and FreeBSD boot floppies to
>>install 386BSD on my system. Both boot floppy sets show the same
[...]
>>The system: 486DX-50, EISA (Intel chipset), Adaptec 1742A (yes, I used
>>the correct boot floppy), SCSI peripherals (DEC disk, Tandberg streamer,
>>NEC CD-ROM), Trident SVGA, Paradise 8514/A+, four serial ports (4 x
>>16550A), PAS-16 sound card, WD 8003 network card.
>
>If you have any "advanced" features on the 1742 card turned on, turn
>these off and try again.  The 1742 is well supported, so there
>shouldn't be a problem.
>-AM

Does this mean that as with 386bsd-0.1 you have to boot w/ 174x
in standard mode and leave it to the driver to switch the con-
troller to enhanced mode?
(this is very annoying if you have more than one OS on your system
because you cripple (from a performance point of view) the other
OS's; in my case DOS and OS/2).

Bye,
Michael


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