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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can NetBSD-0.9 and DOS get along?
Date: 19 Feb 1994 16:10:17 +1030
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In article <CL7t4q.A0p@veda.is>, Adam David (adam@veda.is) wrote:
> newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) writes:
[ adding an adaptec 1542B to an existing system ]
> >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.
> 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.
No, but adding a second floppy drive controller at the same IRQ and I/O port
will make a difference.
From what you say, would it be safe to assume that you don't have an
FDC on, say, a multi-IO card in addition to the one on the adaptec?
- mark
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