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From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5R, adaptec 1542, install problems
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:02:15 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
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Charles Buckley wrote:
>
> 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.
In the case of AST, I had their latest bios. Adaptec wrote me back and
said the following:
Greetings from Adaptec:
We do not support the FreeBSD OS but I can tell you that the AST
machine is
your problem. If you must use the AST system you should change the I/O
of
the card to 130 (sw 4 on, sw 2 & 3 off).
If this doesn't correct your problem you should disable the
external cache
( I think AST refers to it as a writeback cache).
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