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Re: Swapping SCSI Cards - how ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George E. Lass)
Tue Jul 14 16:49:53 1998
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:29:25 -0500
From: "George E. Lass" <George.Lass@osc.com>
To: Stephen Kitchener <root@g6dzj.demon.co.uk>
CC: Linux SCSI <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Are both the cards the same or are they different?
If they are different then you will need to
rebuild /boot/initrd for the other adapter
Its been quite a while since I've done this
and I am looking for my notes on how I build
the new initrd...
I'll keep you posted
George
Stephen Kitchener wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Simple question - has anybody had any experience in swapping SCSI cards
> while attempting to keep all information available after the swap.
>
> Can't do a backup, as putting a tape-drive onto the SCSI bus causes
> time-outs.
>
> Have compiled the kernel complete with the two SCSI cards in, but when I
> swap the card and boot I get the dredded 'LI'. All is ok after I swap
> back.
>
> There must be some parameters in the boot-sector that are relevent to the
> old SCSI card that the new one has problems with.
>
> I guess that I will have to boot from the Redhat boot disk and pass some
> parameters but ?
>
> Can anyone help please ?
>
> tia
>
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