[1398] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: 2940UV + 8505
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Fletcher)
Fri Feb 7 00:51:36 1997
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:19:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Ed Fletcher <efletch@ampsc.com>
Reply-To: Ed Fletcher <ug853@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
To: Andrea Dolcetti <andrea.dolcetti@vitrociset.inet.it>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199702060908.KAA35186@venere.inet.it>
On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Andrea Dolcetti wrote:
> I have got a Pentium Award 166 MHz MB, and I tried unsuccessfully to
> configure the RedHat 3.0.3 distribution of Linux 1.2.13 (and also of Linux
> 1.3.57) to recognize the SCSI controller AHA-2940AU BIOS v.1.21, with an
> EXB-8505SQANXR107R0 8 mm tape unit. I recompiled the Linux kernel with PCI
> and SCSI tape options, neverthless at Linux loading no SCSI devices on PCI
> slots are
> detected...
> Notice that the same HW configuration gives no problem under WinNT 4.0.
> Did anybody escape from such a "basic" problem?
I am in a similar situation. I have an Adaptec controller built in to the
motherboard. It is an AIC-7860 Ultra Wide v1.24 that is the same chip as
on the newer 2940AU's. I found that I could get partially good results by
booting with the Debian 1.2 boot disk because it has a v2.0.27 kernel.
This chip (and card) seems to be still too new to be properly supported.
Try Debian or maybe the new RedHat 4.0 distribution. All you need is to
download the boot disk to see if it recognizes the scsi host.
Good luck,
Ed
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Ed Fletcher
ug853@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
