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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic.csu.net!blaze.csci.csusb.edu!lirwin Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542C problems Message-ID: <1993Oct31.215223.7303@nic.csu.net> From: lirwin@blaze.csci.csusb.edu (Loren Irwin) Date: 31 Oct 93 21:52:22 PST References: <2b1bo2$6hn@news.ysu.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: blaze.csci.csusb.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Lines: 21 Christopher L. Mikkelson (ap713@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote: : I have been having some major troubles with my 386bsd box. I was trying to : add an external SCSI HD with an adaptec 1542B, but since I had an external : CD-ROM, that didn't work at all. I then installed a 1542C, and it recognized : both the internal and external HDs, but wouldn't boot 386bsd. When it tried, : a little 'b' would pop up in the upper left corner of the screen, and it would : hang. My old system would have an 'e' pop up there. I am using 386bsd 0.1 : and pk 0.2.3. What is happening and are there any fixes? : Thanks in advance, : Chris : -- I was having problems getting my hard drive to work externally with my 1542C. So I called Adaptec's tech support, and they sent me a FREE SCSI cable. This fixed my problem. Loren lirwin@silicon.csci.csusb.edu