SCSI

[Brian Densmore]

Sorry, what you need to do is run the install. Like say a modern
Mandrake 
and when it asks if you have SCSI devices, say yes and then it will show
you
a list of drivers. Mandrake is pretty good about loading the scsi
modules on the fly.
See the problem is some SCSI adaptors aren't "detectable" on boot, so
you have to tell
Linux what SCSI adaptors you have so it can load the appropriate HW
device driver. Then,
magically Linux can detect the device. With RH you usually have to read
some readme
(forgive me if I am wrong here, my RH usage is dated) to find the device
driver based on
adaptor card. then you need to copy the device module to a floppy and
launch the RH install
as expert and say yes when it asks if you have any device drivers you
need to load. That 
being any device you put on the floppy. You need to have this module
loaded to have the adaptor detected: aic7xxx.o. 

Please read the boot prompt howto:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html
and also any online help with any installation you are using.

you can contact me off-list. if you need more help. Although there are
people on
the list who's SCSI Kung Fu is far superior to mine.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damon [mailto:damon at bswireless.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:05 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: SCSI
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> Thanks for the quick response brian... but please give me a bit more 
> detail
> the hard drives are all conner cfp1060s
> the scsi controller is a adaptec aha-2742.
> and the cdrom is a toshiba scsi cdrom
> damon
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