[2695] in linux-scsi channel archive
RE: linux unable to recognize scsi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nicholas Edwards)
Tue Oct 28 16:45:00 1997
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:37:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Nicholas Edwards <nicholas@gns.nicholas.net>
To: c0wmfci2@MIT.EDU
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199710281702.MAA00396@tinkerbell.MIT.EDU>
This might seem like a dumb question, but why don't you just compile
support for the card into the kernel? Boot time detection works so much
better than trying to modprobe everything. Also, you could have lots of
problems if your card doesnt have a bios or the bios isn't enabled, in
which case you've got to specify all the stuff at boot time, which often
doesnt work.
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 c0wmfci2@mit.edu wrote:
>
> > Hmm, I know it sounds dumb, but have you checked, doubled-checked and
> > re-checked termination? I have found that in the past that most of my
> > scsi problems were self induced by the way of cabling or termination.
>
> Well, I have no problem using the Jaz Drive in win95.
>
> > Are you running win95 in the other partition? if so, check that the IRQ
> > that win95 assigned to the Jaz card and Linux are the same.
>
> Yes, I am running win95 in the other partition and the IRQ assigned to
> the SCSI card are the same for both Linux and win95.
>
> > Do you have an internal Jaz drive?
>
> No, I have an extermal Jaz drive.
>
> > Have you tried to mount the Jaz drive?
>
> The only thing that I have tried is to modprobe advansys with my Jaz
> Drive turned on. I got Kernel Panic. I have not been able to mount
> the Jaz Drive because Linux does not recognize it.
>
> I also tried to boot up Linux with the SCSI card by modifying
> /etc/conf.modules. I added one extra line "alias scsi_hostadapter
> advansys". That didn't seem to help. (Yes, I have advansys.o in
> /lib/modules/2.0.18/scsi)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Sunnia
>
