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Re: Adaptec 2940 question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Nachlinger)
Sat Feb 7 12:41:36 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:38:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Nachlinger <mnach@northstar.apres.org>
To: "Bruce P. Schuck" <bruce@aps.org>
cc: Linux SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.980205180458.2701A-100000@lancelot.aps.org>
On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Bruce P. Schuck wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I have a Gateway P5-90 that I installed Slackware '96 (aka 2.0) on an IDE
> secondary drive. It also has an IDE cdrom drive as well.
>
> I am going to install an Adaptec AHA-2940UW card and SCSI cdrom, so I can
> also install SCO Unixware, and perhaps NT4.0 (my boot drive is in a
> removable tray, so I can change OS's quickly. Just can't share files).
> The SCSI-HOWTO isn't exactly clear, as I think it addresses more of when I
> am booting from a SCSI disk. The SCSI in my case will merely be the
> CDROM, and perhaps in the future a tape backup and maybe optical drive.
>
> So...
>
> I noticed the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules does not have a specific AHA2940, or
> even AHA294* line to uncomment. Do I need to perhaps download a driver
> somewhere? Add a line to this file?
>
> Appreciate any advise.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bruce S.
Sounds like your booting from IDE devices.
Rebuild the kernel enabling the aic7xxx device in the SCSI section,
probably best as a module in your case (don't really know). If using
the Adaptec card path the kernel with aic7xxx-5.0.3, you'll be glad
you did! Better yet, if you haven't bought it yet, get a Buslogic or a
DPT! At least they give the driver developers codeing info.
-Mike
Mike Nachlinger Apres Ski Club, Inc.
1-888-APRESGO www.apres.org mnach@apres.org
