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From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5R, adaptec 1542, install problems
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 20:36:00 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
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tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
> 
> In <50pd1o$7rj@web.ddp.state.me.us>, isdmill@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us (David Miller) writes:
> >I'm having odd problems trying to install 2.1.5R on a 486 clone with an
> >adaptec 1542[b|c].  The symptom is the system simply halting, usually with
> >the activity led on solid indicating a scsi problem.
> >

If the 486 is an AST machine, I know from first hand experience that it
will not
work. I had to use a BusLogic ISA SCSI controller instead of the 1542CF.
-Ron
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