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From: tin@smsc.sony.com (Le Tin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: INTEL 5.4 2.0 and Adaptec 1542B
Message-ID: <1991May22.163939.2466@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 22 May 91 16:39:39 GMT
References: <1991May20.145226.7155@march.co.uk> <1991May21.173836.6629@nstar.rn.com>
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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In article <1991May21.173836.6629@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>rossw@march.co.uk (Ross Wakelin) writes:
>
>>The INTEL 5.4 release 2.0 (developers edition) has buggy drivers for the
>>Adaptec 1542B SCSI host adaptor.
>
>>We were using this adaptor in a 25Mhz Mylex 486 motherboard, and achieved 
>>a record number of system lockups and crashes.  The machine would go away
>>for a minute or so and then report a SCSI error.  At this point, our only 
>>option was to reboot the machine.
>
>we use a 1542B with Intel SVR4 2.0 (developers edition) on one of the
>machines here without any problems.  As a matter
>of fact, this machine runs as an X-Server around the clock.
>

  I've tested a 1542B, Maxtor 338MB, and SVR4 3.0 and 4.0 (early alpha).
  No problem getting them to work together.  I've even recompiled SVR4 4.0
  on that system (heavy disk usage) with nary a problem.  The performance
  is not all that good, at least not what I had expected.  My home system
  with a Seagate ST02 and my own driver run just as fast (ISC 2.0.2).

-- Tin Le

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