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Re: Adaptec AIC-7xxx AND Buslogic BT-958
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Franklin Black)
Fri Jun 19 18:13:16 1998
From: "Franklin Black" <d_baser@hotmail.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:59:29 PDT
You could disable the BIOS on the 2940 (Press Ctr-A during boot
process). You will have to do this if two host adaptors are present
Then, recompile the kernel with the aic7xxx as a module.
You mentioned the rives on the 2940 do not need to be present at all
times. You could then load the aic7xxx as needed.
Hope this helps,
KL
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Well, you probably already know where I'm going with this--the Adaptec
BIOS shows up first I guess, and when drives connected to it are powered
on, the BusLogic BIOS says "Target 0 installed as second disk", "Target
1
installed as third disk", etc. LILO then proceeds to freak out, and it
doesn't really work. I imagine that the Adaptec becomes scsi0, and
then things have problems. Is there a way to make the BusLogic BIOS
load first, so that it is not confused by the Adaptec? I will never
boot
off the Adaptec (always of the BusLogic), and sometimes the drives on
the Adaptec may not be present.
This all worked when the 2940 was not there and a Adaptec 1502E was in
its place, running only the ZIP drive. I guess I could put it back
and run that chain off of it, but I wanted to run "real" 50pin SCSI
to the other drives on this chain.
Brendan
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