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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!pressimage!modem2-02.planete.net!user From: jcaron@pressimage.net (Jacques Caron) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Floppy Controller on Adaptec 1542cf Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 16:32:54 +0200 Organization: Pressimage, France Lines: 20 Message-ID: <jcaron-2307951632540001@modem2-02.planete.net> References: <3urll3$fn5@romulus.ott.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem2-02.planete.net X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b27+ In article <3urll3$fn5@romulus.ott.hookup.net>, turnbull@datarev.com wrote: >I am in the process of putting together a machine for BSDI V2.0 >Does anyone know if I can run the floppy disk off of the built >in floppy controller on the Adaptec 1542cf or do I have to have >a regular IDE interface card for BSDI to recongize the floppy The floppy controllers on SCSI cards are exactly the same as those on I/O cards, IDE cards, motherboards, and what not... Only thing: if you have two such controllers (one on the I/O card, one on the SCSI card for instance), don't forget to disable one! Jacques. --- Jacques Caron - Pressimage Telematique Mail: 5/7 rue Raspail - 93108 Montreuil Cedex - France E-mail: jcaron@pressimage.net Tel: +33 (1) 49 88 63 56 Fax: +33 (1) 49 88 63 64