[3460] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Installation problem with NCR/Symbios C875J SCSI controller
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ard van Breemen)
Fri Mar 6 01:22:00 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 01:17:04 +0100 (MET)
From: Ard van Breemen <ard@cstmel.hobby.nl>
To: bbarekas@ceid.upatras.gr
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980304102352.1374.qmail@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr>
On 4 Mar 1998 bbarekas@ceid.upatras.gr wrote:
> I am trying to install linux (slackware, kernel 2.0.30) on a Compaq Proliant
> 5500. The SCSI Controller is based on the NCR/Symbios C875J chipset. While
> trying to boot from the boot diskette I receive the messages
> scsi : 0 hosts
> scsi : detected total
> Then, after logging in as root, when trying to fdisk it is "Unable to open
> /dev/sda".
> Does anyone know what to do ?
You have to insmod the ncr53c8xx driver with the right options. Redhat
has the modules on a second disk. Maybe slackware too. That is something I
can't help you with.
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