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From: jr@frog.UUCP (John Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Acceptable Unix Configuration?
Summary: re: Boot roms
Message-ID: <1891@frog.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 89 16:22:00 GMT
References: <459@telesoft.telesoft.com> <6700020@adaptex>
Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA
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In article <6700020@adaptex>, neese@adaptex.UUCP writes:
> 
> OOPS, I forgot,....you will have problems with the video adapter as it
> takes up all of the BIOS area.  This leaves no room for the Adaptec BIOS
> thus not allowing you to boot.
> 
> 
> 			Roy Neese
> 			Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer
> 			UUCP @ {texbell,killer}!cpe!adaptex!neese
> 				merch!adaptex!neese

  Well, I had to give up on the ADAPTEC BIOS, because I needed to boot
tape. So I got the AT BIOSKIT BIOS source from ANABOOKS in Folsum CA.
It cost about $200. After fixing bugs to get it working, I wrote a SCSI
driver to replace the hard disk functions for the BIOS, and included
an ADAPTEC host specfic module. I know can boot either disk or tape
without using the ADAPTEC ROMS. (Matter of fact, I disable them to make
rom for a large buffer ethernet board)

				JR