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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!concert!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm
  3. From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
  4. Subject: Re: Endless boot cycle- suggestions?
  5. Message-ID: <3l!nmtm.alm@netcom.com>
  6. Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 11:04:26 GMT
  7. Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
  8. References: <Aug.14.12.34.42.1992.8037@action.rutgers.edu> <45240001@hpycla.kobe.hp.com> <Aug.18.17.41.42.1992.4915@action.rutgers.edu>
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  11. In article <Aug.18.17.41.42.1992.4915@action.rutgers.edu> armhold@action.rutgers.edu (George Armhold) writes:
  12. >Actually I have the Adaptec ACB-2322B card controlling an ESDI drive.
  13. >The ESDI was pulled from a Sun "shoebox" disk/tape drive.
  14. >Unfortunatly I have no alternate drive controller to test it out on.
  15. >:-(
  16. >
  17. >To anyone else who is keeping score- I also tried the patched kernels
  18. >in the unofficial/newbootables directory to no avail.  I'm still
  19. >awaiting suggestions...
  20.  
  21.     How about folk medicine?  I found that my graphics and I/O cards
  22.     were interfering with my disk controller (1542B).  The solution was
  23.     to stuff the graphics card in an 8-bit slot until the installation
  24.     was complete...
  25.     -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>
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