SCSI Install

[Damon]

Ok -Jonathan-- what distro have i tried? --Mandrake 8.0, Open Linux 
eServer 2.4,SuSE 6.4,Debian 2.1,TurboLinux Server 6.0, Slackware7.0, 
RedHat 6.2.....and lo and behold the only one that had the driver for 
my adaptec aha-2742,,, REDHAT 6.0...

Brian--I wish i had the distro that you speak of where it asks if you 
have a scsi device,,, and actually has the driver for this card..lol
i seem to be a scsi moron.. i run the expert text install and all i get 
is.. when it goes to second stage install it crapps out becasue it 
cannot load scsi_mod leaving the computer no where to install the os...

ROB --The bios is ignored because the machine uses an EISA 
Configuration Utility. which overwrites the bios.so telling the bios to 
boot from a scsi device is out of the question.. but thanks for the 
thought.

Almost all the distros have asked me for special driver disk... i guess 
the whole problem stems from me not knowing how to make the above said 
disk or where to get the linux driver for my particular EISA/SCSI card..
I think i may need more help.
The purpose of this box is to be a webserver, ftp server, ssh server.
I  now have redhat 6.0 installed after two days of trial and error. but 
i am screwed into a display of VGA16 or an 8bit 640X480 desktop...
And rh 6.0 is before my linux experience so it leaves me a bit
lost in its ancient practices lol.
i guess what i would really like is to get a curernt debian distro 
installed... oh what a dream..
Damon
--Chase Your Dreams They Cant Run Forever--