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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.algonet.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!INbe.net!innet.be!not-for-mail From: stef@INnet.net (Stef Van Dessel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing Date: 11 Sep 1995 10:28:23 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <431307$ek0@news.INbe.net> References: <42f6uu$6ng@hops.entertain.com> <42hjk1$53s@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <42hlk9$fvr@hops.entertain.com> <42lh0a$sk2@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <42pclc$eqv@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: nic.inbe.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] Elizabeth Strickler (matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu) wrote: : I have been reading all of the posts about recommendations for : controllers and I got the Buslogic along with an ASUS motherboard : and I cannot get BSDI to boot off of this machine. I have tried : everything (including tech support). Are there any other people : who cannot get the the Buslogic to work or am I the only one. : Would people recommend trying the NCR controller instead? On a machine I recently installed BSDI on (P100/BT946C) I had to use the _bios_ bootblocks in order to get the darn thing to boot. The BT946C also used a non-standard io address (0x134). You can get around this using the "-dev bha0 port=0x134" command in the bootloader. (or recompile the kernel once you're running) stef -- Stef Van Dessel stef@INbe.net Office: +32-3-2814983 Fax: +32-3-2814985