> Is this NetBSD 1.2 or 1.3?  This combo won't work on 1.2, because

NetBSD 1.3 

> I understand this may be the only equipment you can currently afford.
> However, you should be aware that, in spite of the name, this card is
> decidedly not "fast".  It will be the biggest bottleneck in your
> system.  You'd do well to invest in a cheap PCI SCSI card (the NCR
> 53c810 cards can generall be had for around $70).  This will make a
> large difference in disk performance.

Interesting. The card was just laying around, in shrink-wrap, so I used
it. :) 

> But to get back to your original question, no that won't work on 1.2.
> Yes, it "should" work on 1.3.  The only thing I can think of (if this
> isn't working on 1.3) is that the 1542C was supposedly *very* picky
> about the quality of cables and SCSI termination.  You might check and
> make sure everything is solidly attached, and properly terminated.

Whats odd here is the fact that I just formatted the SCSI disk
with DOS without a problem. So I dont think its a cable/termination/card
problem..

thanx,
		nate