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From: lincke@ssc.gov (Eric Lincke)
Subject: Re: Anyone using Adaptec 1542C with 386BSD?
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I also recently purchased a 1542C Adaptec controller together with
a Conner 520MB drive. I had no problem booting tiny 386BSD from my
3" floppy drive (also controlled by the 1542C), but after
installing it on the new SCSI drive with "INSTALL", I also was not
able to boot from the hard disk. I have a generic 386/33Mhz machine
with a "turbo" switch that allows me to switch between 12 and
33MHz. After a week of diddling I discovered I could boot 366BSD
from the hard drive if I switched to 12MHz, ie go to 12MHz after
you hit the reset button, then when 386BSD boots up, go back to 33MHz.


Eric Lincke
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