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WDC7000SX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (T. Sean (Theo) Schulze)
Mon May 25 08:09:32 1998
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 08:01:45 -0400
From: "T. Sean (Theo) Schulze" <tschulze@compuserve.com>
To: linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
I have a WDC7000SX SCSI adapter that I am trying to get working with my
SuSE 5.2 system. I configured and compiled my own 2.0.33 kernel with
SCSI support built into the kernel and I compiled the kernel with support
for (only) the WDC7000. I have two IDE drives on the primary IDE bus,
one 2.5GB drive and one 120MB drive. On the secondary, I have a CDROM
drive.
When I boot, the BIOS shows a message describing the WDC7000 and its
software, then (if I have a SCSI drive attached to the card) a one line
message scrolls by quickly. I believe it begins with "Two devices
already..." I can't read much more than that, and then it is gone.
When I do dmesg, I get the following lines:
(With a SCSI drive installed and running)
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
scsi0 : SCSI host adaptr emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : detected total
(With no SCSI drive attached)
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
scsi0 : SCSI host adaptr emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 0 host.
scsi : detected total
When I try 'fdisk /dev/sda' I get:
Unable to open /dev/sda
I have looked through the SCSI How-To (v.2.30, 30 August 1996), and the
device /dev/sda exists. (I do find it odd though that my SuSE install
did not include /dev/MAKEDEV.) Just for good measure I also did 'mknod
/dev/sda b 8 0', and got the message "File exists". I hesitate to rm
/dev/sda, because I don't want to screw anything up, and I am not sure it
would help me solve this problem anyway.
So, I would be grateful for any help anyone on this list could offer.
TIA,
Sean.
T. Sean (Theo) Schulze
71410.25@compuserve.com TSSchulze@aol.com
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