[4643] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Some questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trevor Johnson)
Thu Sep 3 01:43:31 1998
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 01:40:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
To: "Richard L. Peskin" <rlpcon@vermontel.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <v04011702b20fcdc322e6@[192.168.1.10]>
> /etc/sysconfig/tape. I can't see how, or even if, this file is ever used.
I think the files in that directory contain information which is read by
Red Hat's init scripts when booting up or changing run levels.
> During the boot up (prior to lilo boot), after the scsi device (a tape
> drive) is identified, the message "SCSI BIOS not installed" appears. While
> there seems to be no immediate consequence of this, and I do have the BIOS
> enabled in the Adaptec control panel, the SCSI-HOWTO seems to imply that I
> should have the BIOS installed. Yet, I can see no way to install this BIOS;
> I don't even know where it is found. Any enlightenment?
That would be part of the BIOS on the SCSI card itself, the part that
allows you to boot from a SCSI device. Most likely, it will only work
with a fixed disk (or possibly a removable one), and will only be
installed if one is present. You didn't want to boot from tape, did you?
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Trevor Johnson
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