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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Subject: Re: Can NetBSD-0.9 and DOS get along?
References: <dvdjnsCL011x.Juw@netcom.com> <2jk9s3$ke3@cleese.apana.org.au>
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 12:52:59 GMT
Message-ID: <CL7t4q.A0p@veda.is>
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newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) writes:

>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

Why so? I am using the floppy port on an aha-1542B and it works. I wouldn't
have thought adding a DOS partition or localbus card made any difference.

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adam@veda.is