From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) Subject: Re: 99.2 and Seagate ST-01 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:23:11 GMT
In article <C0G6wr.C3x@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>I was using a ST-01 without the ROM under .99 and earlier, detected
>by setting the OVERRIDE variable to 0xca000 in seagate.h.
> This approach did not work in .99.2 . No disks or tapes were detected
>in bootup. When I put the ROM back in the ST01 and recompiled without
>the OVERRRIDE, .99-2 worked ok.
> Anyone have any hints on what changed?
Yes. Support was added for a Future Domain card which is pretty much a
clone of the Seagate. The bios is used to detect which card is present.
-Eric
-- Eric Youngdale