From: sno@ais.org (Stephen Opal) Subject: Re: Linux with a 1742 adaptec EISA scsi Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:12:35 GMT
In article <1993Jan21.082632.1548@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.024819.25174@umr.edu> bmason@cs.umr.edu (Brian Mason) writes:
>>I have an adaptec 1742 eisa scsi controller and the boot for linux does not
>>find it. I am using version .99 from a SLS instalation.
>>It will find the card if I put it in standrd mode but not in enhanced mode
>>HELP. .
>
>Try bootable rootdisks on tsx-11 under pub/linux/GCC/rootdisk. They
>should support adaptec 1742 eisa scsi controller in enhanced mode.
>
>
>H.J.
I have done both. The latest SLS release seems to have fixed the problem
with not recognizing the 1742. H.J.'s bootable root disk is a fine product
too, but I would not recommend mixing SLS with GCC boot unless you like
finding a lot of redundant utilities (duplicates).
-- Stephen N. Opal sno@umcc.ais.org