From: LB.KSD@isumvs.iastate.edu (Kerry Sanders)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Adaptec 1542B x 2
Date: 4 Oct 92 05:07:39 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA


At the Parks Library of Iowa State University, we are in the
process of upgrading our CD-ROM LAN (Lantastic, with Hitatchi CD-ROM
drives), to a Novell environment, running SCSI Express, and NEC
CDR84 CD-ROM Drives, and the Adaptec 1542B Controller cards.
We're also using HP SCSI Storage boxes to house our CD-ROM drives
of which we currently have 14.

The good news is, we have been very successful in our efforts to
setup 7 drives, as well as to set up the Lantastic Server
software for access.  Our initial tests have shown that there
is a huge improvement in response time, over our production
system.  We have not been quite as successful in setting up the
remaining 7 drives.  These require an additional controller,
which we can not get to boot up with the first controller
installed.  Both controllers will boot up by themselves so we
know they are in good working condition, but despite our
efforts, we have not been able to get them to work together.
We have followed Adaptecs instructions of disabling the BIOS
on the second controller, and resetting the following:

        The Port Address
        DMA Channel
        Interrupt Channel

We have tried several several different scenerios of the above
options.  We have also removed all other boards such as Ethernet
Card, Modem, and checked the VGA board for conflicts.  Each time
we get to the same place on boot up.  The system identifies each
of the settings listed above for each controller, but ASPI4DOS
does not install successfully.  Listed below is our Config.sys
file for further explanation.  Any thoughts or suggestions would
be greatly appreciated.


                 CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
LASTDRIVE=R
DEVICE=C:\ADAPTEC\ASPI4DOS.SYS /d /p330 /p234
DEVICE=C:\ASW410\ASWCDNEC.SYS /D:ASPICD0 /NORST
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM NOSH ARAM=C800-C9FF
dos=high
buffers=5
files=10
stacks=0,0


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* Kerry Sanders              *   Bitnet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS             *
* Automated Systems Division * Internet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU *
* 034 Parks Library          *                                     *
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* Kerry Sanders              *   Bitnet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS             *
* Automated Systems Division * Internet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU *
* 034 Parks Library          *                                     *
* Iowa State University      *    Phone: (515) 294-4681            *
* Ames, Iowa 50011-2140      *      Fax: (515) 294-1885            *
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* Kerry Sanders              *   Bitnet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS             *
* Automated Systems Division * Internet: LB$KSD@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU *
* 034 Parks Library          *                                     *
* Iowa State University      *    Phone: (515) 294-4681            *
* Ames, Iowa 50011-2140      *      Fax: (515) 294-1885            *
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi