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- From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI controllers query
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.233952.20479@ico.isc.com>
- Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
- References: <1993Jan8.023517.7870@netcom.com> <C0Jv8C.3t7@srgenprp.sr.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:39:52 GMT
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- > compatible. For example, an old version of BSD368 (a PC Unix) would not
- > boot from a 1542A, due to some minor difference.
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- I seem to have heard this from someone somewhere. What I remember is
- that someone told me that there are two commands that are in the B that
- are not in the A version. However, there exists almost no software that
- uses either of these commands. BSD386 must be altered *slightly* to boot
- from the A version.
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