Subject: Re: AMD 5x86-P75 / 133MHz and AHA 1542CF
To: None <spberry@iastate.edu>
From: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/07/1996 20:17:39
	Its probably a dumb question, but I couldn't tell from your mail
	message - how much memory is in the machines the card fails on?
	(If its >16mb, or 16mb with the 384k hole remapped, then the 1542
	won't work)

                   David/abs             (david@mono.org)

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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996 spberry@iastate.edu wrote:

> 
> I have a 1.1 kernel ( installing from scratch :( ) that booted fine
> from floppy, ran the install fine, but when I reboot to install the OS,
> the kernel on the SCSI disk (Quantum 850) loads just up to the last line,
> and then reboots the machine.  I have a Kingston (noname) NE2000 compatible,
> and a Cirrus Logic 5428 VLB video card in this machine.  Lastly, the 
> motherboard is an ASUS 3PCI/1VLB/5(?)ISA motherboard with flash eeproms.
> 
> I'm at my wit's end on this one.  I had to give up the nice Intel DX2/66 mb
> I had been running on, and replaced it with this monstrosity.  About that
> time, (or a little before) my 2842 stopped working, and I moved back to a 
> 1542CF I also had sitting in the office.  The 2842 runs just fine on the
> Intel 486/33 /8M that's currently acting as the '95 fileserver, but I'd rather
> keep the nice and fast machine I have here if possible.
> 
> The 2842 will not run on either the AMD 486/120 or either of the 5x86/133s
> I've purchased.  This may have been due to the death of the 730M Quantum I 
> was using at the time (perhaps the 1542 didn't push as hard?), I have not
> yet tested it fully.
> 
> If anyone has any better knowledge of these motherboards and their 
> compatibility or not with BSD and the various Adaptec products mentioned, I
> would really appreciate it.  (and a set of 1.2 boot floppies would make life
> easier too.  :)  )
>