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From: chew@ecf.utoronto.ca (Boon-Ping Chew)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Problems with Windows 386
Message-ID: <1989Nov19.055244.13099@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Date: 19 Nov 89 05:52:44 GMT
References: <2702@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: chew@ecf.UUCP (Boon-Ping Chew)
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Organization: Engineering Computing Facility, University of Toronto
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    I had the same problem, ie. Windows 386 try to load and just kicks out to
DOS. I have an Everex 386/25 with 4Megs, ATI VGA wonder with NEC 2A and an 
adaptec 1542A SCSI host adapter with a CDC Wren III.
    To make a long story short, I call Microsoft and they said that Windows 386
doesn't work with SCSI . They said it might be fix in the version 3.0 release.
The engineer mention that the WD-FASST controller can be made to work but not
very reliably. He indicated that Microsoft didn't anticipate so many users of
Windows 386 to use SCSI. He seem to indicate that Windows 386 address the disk
sub system directly and that in turn got them into problem.
     Would anyone like to comfirm what I just wrote ?


     Boon