Adaptec HD controller access?

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed Nov 4 18:45:24 1998

Jim Strickland wrote:

> On the old adaptec controllers (at least the old 1542b I have) you have to
> enter a sequence in debug to kick off the on-board bios. I'd look at
> adaptec's website for info on your board, they might even have the manuals
> PDFd.

Generally you type int he sequence where you run what's in memory at the
beginning of the ROM address, usually C800 as the primary controller. At the
Debug prompt you type G=C800:5 or it may be G=CC00:5 or G=D000:5 as well as
another I forget. It also is dependant upon the controller itself but they
usually followed some standards.

Once the program starts you have to figure out what they're asking for as this
is where they get different. Western Digital controllers were pretty
striaghtforward.



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