From: slb22@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu (Seth "the Lesser") Subject: Can't install SLS w/UltraStor 24F SCSI card Date: 2 Sep 1993 15:09:43 GMT
I just downloaded the SLS distribution from tsx-11. I can boot the A1 disk
just fine, but I invariably get the message "scsi: 0 hosts found" during
the boot, and fdisk says it can't open /dev/sda.
I've tried putting the card into IDE emulation mode, but then I get a
message about "more than 16 heads, probably due to non-standard
translation, blah blah blah, abandoned" and fdisk won't read /dev/hda.
I haven't tried killing the DOS partition and setting the card to IDE
emulation and 16/63 mapping. I doubt it'll work, and whether it does or
not, I'll be faced with having to restore my DOS files from 90+ 3.5" backup
disks. I am hoping that some wise and kindly sage out there can tell me
how to make that unnecessary.
And yes, I have RTFMs, all umpty-seven of them. Nothing seems to bear on
this particular problem.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Seth L. Blumberg, M.S.E. \ `Mud wasps had built nests inside these nice
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