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Re: AHA-2940UW with Kernel 2.0.27
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Fletcher)
Mon Feb 3 00:48:22 1997
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 21:45:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Ed Fletcher <efletch@ampsc.com>
Reply-To: Ed Fletcher <ug853@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
To: Gary Gaugler <see.signature@bottom.block>
cc: submit-linux-dev-scsi@yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: <32f5273e.926252@news.calweb.com>
On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Gary Gaugler wrote:
> see.signature@bottom.block (Gary Gaugler) wrote:
>
> >I just received a new CD from iConnect with Debian Ver 1.2.2 and
> >kernel 2.0,27 that loads OK to the 6 floppies via Win95. However,
> >when bringing up Linux from the floppies and loading to a 1G
> >SCSI-II drive, once done, I cannot read the CD-ROM to load
> >all the goodies and sources. It seems that the kernel only
> >knows about the disks on the Adaptec. Has anyone found
> >out how to set up this system and have the CD work? I am using
> >a Sony CDU-76 on the SCSI-II bus.
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >gary gaugler
> >
> >
> >Gary Gaugler
> Solution is to get Red Hat distribution. It installed and ran first time out of
> the box. X windows also worked great. Running the Win95 look-alike.
I found that Debian 1.2 did not include /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1 in the3
default load. I had to make them myself and it worked OK after that. (It
didn't make /dev/st0 or /dev/st1 either.)
HTH,
Ed
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Ed Fletcher
ug853@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
