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From: Charles Buckley <ceb@mauto.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5R, adaptec 1542, install problems
Date: 11 Sep 1996 14:24:04 -0700
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Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> writes:

> David Miller wrote:
> 
> > : >I'm having odd problems trying to install 2.1.5R on a 486 clone with an
> > : >adaptec 1542[b|c].  The symptom is the system simply halting, usually with
> 
> I replaced the Adaptec 1542CF with a Busligic 545C and it worked fine.

I also ran into problems with my Adaptec 1542CF a while back, but a
new BIOS from the manufacturer fixed everything.  Try this before
going off the deep-end.  

You have to call a first-generation automatic tech support robot and
answer a few dozen silly questions to get to speak to a tech support
with a pulse who will send you the BIOS.