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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can NetBSD-0.9 and DOS get along?
Date: 13 Feb 1994 14:51:09 +1030
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In article <dvdjnsCL011x.Juw@netcom.com>, David Jones (dvdjns@netcom.com) wrote:
> OK, so I got a new 486DX33 system and I wanted to install a free UNIX.
> NetBSD looked fairly well regarded. So I tried to install it on a SCSI
> disl with a ~1990 1542B AHA 1542B controller. This drive was in addition
> to my 340 meg IDE drive on the local bus. Anyway, my problem is this:
> If the SCSI card is on the system I can't boot the kernel copy floppy.
> I would very much like to have NetBSD exist solely on the SCSI drive.
Unless you disable the FDC on the Adaptec card, you'll find that you won't
be able to boot from *any* floppy.
You can remove a jumper to disable it. Once you've done that, you shouldn't
have any more problems.
- mark
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