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Subject: Re: problems with scsi
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Date: 4 May 90 21:52:48 GMT
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In article <90.124.00:35:40@ira.uka.de> wedeck@iravcl.ira.uka.de writes:
>...
>Since I have installed the SCSI Hostadapter it is completely impossible
>to use Minix. When booting from floppy not even the boot-message of
>Minix appears. Instead the BIOS prints out: PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT 
>This effect happens with Minix 1.3 as well as with Minix 1.5.0.

I couldn't use a scsi adapter in my machine.  I noticed that the card
uses its own BIOS (copyright message appears when rebooting).  I figured
it was using some nonstandard way to talk to the hardware.  If anybody
knows that this is the case or knows a way around it, I'd like to hear
from you.

-john

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