From: drew@ladymacb.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522 support? Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 02:20:37 GMT
In article <CD44BF.Lzx@feenix.metronet.com> tom@feenix.metronet.com (Tom Griffing) writes:
>
>Hey, Linuxers! (Ain't it great!)
>
>I've been trying to install Linux on a Taiwanese motherboard with
>SCSI local bus ... a GA-400 motherboard that claims Adaptec 1522
>H/W and S/W compatibility. Upon booting, Linux says that it doesn't
>recognize any SCSI hosts or disks, and it won't install.
>
>Is this because Linux doesn't support the 1522
The Linux distribution kernels do not support the Adaptec 1522. However,
Juergen Fischer has written a driver, and it is in public ALPHA test.
FTP tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/aha1522/*
Apply the patches and build a new kernel.
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