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From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0
Message-ID: <1994May9.160517.16850@kf8nh.wariat.org>
Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 16:05:17 GMT
References: <2q8qqr$q96@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <hastyCpE6Fq.5xF@netcom.com> <RICHK.94May6150902@netcom6.netcom.com> <BSON.94May9032234@moomin.ai.mit.edu>
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In article <BSON.94May9032234@moomin.ai.mit.edu>, bson@ai.mit.edu says:
+---------------
| In article <RICHK.94May6150902@netcom6.netcom.com> richk@netcom6.netcom.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
|  > What SCSI adapter do you use?  My Adaptec 1542 does not have a setting
|  > that allows me to boot any SCSI unit other than 0, and that's my hard
|  > disk.
| 
| You should read the manual that came with your adapter more carefully.
| On page 4-15 my AHA-1540C/1542C User's Guide reads:
+------------->8

So he's got a 1542B, which apparently he (and I) should immediately throw out
and replace with 1542CF's.  No thanks; it works as is.

Is there some particular reason you need to be insulting about it?

++Brandon
-- 
Brandon S. Allbery	   kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org		 bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
The FUDs at Microsoft are shouting "Kill The Wabi!"