[1086] in linux-scsi channel archive
Installing LINUX with a Future Domain
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Luong)
Sun Dec 8 23:28:32 1996
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 20:24:37 -0800 (PST)
From: John Luong <luong@agora.rdrop.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612071703.JAA08726@dandelion.com>
Hello.
I am attempting to install LINUX (Slackware) from an older InfoMagic 2-CD
set. I have a Future Domain TMC-1660 which relies on BIOS for drive
detection.
I followed the instructions from the SCSI-HOWTO (the excerpt will be found
below) and here is the "debug" query. Any help is appreciated.
My controller is found at CA000.
-d ca00:0
CA00:0000 55 AA 0C EB 30 46 55 54-55 52 45 20 44 4F 4D 41 U...0FUTURE DOMA
CA00:0010 49 4E 20 43 4F 52 50 2E-20 20 56 33 2E 35 30 30 IN CORP. V3.500
CA00:0020 38 2F 31 38 2F 39 33 36-34 2F 33 32 49 42 4D 20 8/18/9364/32IBM
CA00:0030 46 31 20 50 32 1E 06 55-FA E4 21 24 FE E6 21 FB F1 P2..U..!$..!.
CA00:0040 33 C0 8E C0 E8 42 00 72-3C E8 7B 00 BB 70 19 E8 3....B.r<.{..p..
CA00:0050 C4 14 BB 2E 19 E8 BE 14-C6 06 A3 01 06 E8 29 02 ..............).
CA00:0060 33 C9 8A 0E 0C 01 B4 00-E8 6C 03 FE C4 E2 F9 E8 3........l......
CA00:0070 1D 01 72 11 E8 48 0B E8-C6 14 C6 06 3C 00 00 BB ..r..H......<...
-q
5.2.2. Failure of autoprobe routines on boards that rely on BIOS for
autoprobe.
If your SCSI adapter is one of the following :
Adaptec 152x, Adaptec 151x, Adaptec AIC-6260, Adaptec
AIC-6360, Future Domain 1680, Future Domain TMC-950, Future
Domain TMC-8xx, Trantor T128, Trantor T128F, Trantor T228F,
Seagate ST01, Seagate ST02, or a Western Digital 7000
and it is not detected on bootup, ie you get a
scsi : 0 hosts
message or a
scsi%d : type
message is not printed for each supported SCSI adapter installed in
the system, you may have a problem with the autoprobe routine not
knowing about your board.
Autodetection will fail for drivers using the BIOS for autodetection
if the BIOS is disabled. Double check that your BIOS is enabled, and
not conflicting with any other peripherial BIOSes.
Autodetection will also fail if the board's "signature" and/or BIOS
address don't match known ones.
If the BIOS is installed, please use DOS and DEBUG to find a signature
that will detect your board -
Ie, if your board lives at 0xc8000, under DOS do
debug
d c800:0
q
and send a message to the SCSI channel of the mailing list with the
ASCII message, with the length and offset from the base address (ie,
0xc8000). Note that the EXACT text is required, and you should
provide both the hex and ASCII portions of the text.
If no BIOS is installed, and you are using an Adaptec 152x, Trantor
T128, or Seagate driver, you can use command line or compile time
overrides to force detection.
Please consult the appropriate subsection for your SCSI board as well
as section ``General Flakiness''.
