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From: cs75scv@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (David Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: 4 devices on Adaptec 1542b, 386/25 machine
Message-ID: <18367@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 20:55:34 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.024241.15204@world.std.com> <1991Apr13.155823.6074@swmerc.rain.com>
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In article <1991Apr13.155823.6074@swmerc.rain.com> ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin) writes:
>In article <1991Apr12.024241.15204@world.std.com> heiser@world.std.com (Bill Heiser) writes:

[Stuff delete]

>>When I booted the machien, the controller found drives 0 and 1, and as
>>usual assigned them to drives "C" and "D".  Immediately after that, it
>>displayed the message "Your PC is now Stoned!"  This message only appeared
>>when booting DOS from a floppy.  I guess this must be Adaptec's way of saying
>>I need a special driver in order to access more than 2 scsi drives from
>>DOS.

This is definitely a virus.  To verify, get a virus detector like
SCAN.EXE by McAffee and Associates.  The floppy is the culprit.
Throw away the floppy.  And check your hard drives.


David
UCSD
dnguyen@ucsd.edu