On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, James C. Cotillier III wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Apologies if this is in the FAQ (I can't reach the neonramp.com Web
> server at the moment).  Installing 1.2 on a 32Meg IBM PS/1 (ISA only),
> installing on all of a 540Meg SCSI drive on an Adaptec AHA1542C.
> 
	Yup its a bounce buffer problem - straight NetBSD1.2 wont work
	with bus mastering ISA cards and >16mb of memory. If you can pull
	them memory to <=16mb then it should install fine.

	Once installed you should be able to download the isadma patch
	from 'ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/isadma/' and
	compile a new kernel with support for the 32mb and 1542.

	There is work in progress on a 'correct' implementation for this,
	but in the meantime... :)

	Can the INSTALL notes _please_ be updated to warn people about
	1542 type devices & >16Mb?

	If you cant pull the memory let me know & I'll compile up a 1.2
	boot disk with a patched kernel (but I wont be able to do this for
	a day or so)

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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