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From: geertj@ripe.net (Geert Jan de Groot)
Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing
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In <42pclc$eqv@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu (Elizabeth Strickler) writes:

>I have been reading all of the posts about  recommendations for 
>controllers and I got the Buslogic along with an ASUS motherboard
>and I cannot get BSDI to boot off of this machine. I have tried 
>everything (including tech support). Are there any other people 
>who cannot get the the Buslogic to work or am I the only one.
>Would people recommend trying the NCR controller instead?

Check out www.vix.com for the BSDI hardware notes. Paul has some
very interesting comments on this topic.

Why would you add a Buslogic if the on-board SCSI controller
would also do?

Geert Jan