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Re: Getting Adaptec 1505 to work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Fandre)
Thu Oct 15 14:18:05 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:23:10 -0500
From: Kevin Fandre <kfandre@netbox.com>
Reply-To: kfandre@netbox.com
To: "Peter A. Koren" <pkoren@hex.net>
CC: James Corona <jcorona@bigtex.ci.dallas.tx.us>, discuss@ntlug.org,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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I have the following in /etc/conf.modules so that scsi drivers are
demand loaded automagically
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
options aha152x aha152x=0x340,10,7
You will have to set your port and irq accordingly, of course...
If you want to try out your options you can try:
insmod aha152x.o aha152x=0x340,10,7
This card should work just fine for low bandwidth IO-- I have a CD
recorder attatched to it. Not having any BIOS is only a pain under DOS,
cause linux doesn't use your BIOS except to boot.
-Kevin
Peter A. Koren wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> I still have an old PC with a 1510 card and I remember that I had to
> add a line in /etc/lilo.conf so that the proper driver would be
> used/activated/loaded at boot time. The SCSI how to most likely has
> this stuff. There is another possibility. I don't remember if the
> latest kernels use the insmod command to handle this old card. I used
> to place
>
> insmod BusLogic
>
> in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
> For another PC with a BusLogic controller that has a BIOS. The newer
> kernels (or is is the stuff Red Hat adds) autoprobe at installation,
> so I no longer have to modify /etc/rc.d/rc.local for this PC.
>
> If you know the name of the driver module for the aha1520 (is that
> it?), you might try the command
>
> # insmod aha1520
>
> and if it works, put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local . You might have to
> locate the driver if it is not in the modules directory.
>
> Good luck and let us know how you solved it.
>
> regards,
>
> Peter Koren
>
>
> James Corona wrote:
>
>> I am fairly new to the Linux world until this point I have used IDE
>> devices with no problems. I need to add a SCSI tape drive the the
>> system and am trying to get Linux to recognize the 1505 card. I
>> tryed to load the module manually and attempted to make the change
>> to the lilo.conf as described in the SCSI-HOWTO file to use the
>> correct address but with no success. Booting with the DOS drivers
>> finds the card. If anyone has this card working could you please
>> explain what you have done. CONFIGURATIONSCSI card 0x340 int=11
>
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I have the following in /etc/conf.modules so that scsi drivers are demand
loaded automagically
<P>alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
<BR>options aha152x aha152x=0x340,10,7
<P>You will have to set your port and irq accordingly, of course...
<BR>If you want to try out your options you can try:
<P>insmod aha152x.o aha152x=0x340,10,7
<P>This card should work just fine for low bandwidth IO-- I have a CD recorder
attatched to it. Not having any BIOS is only a pain under DOS, cause linux
doesn't use your BIOS except to boot.
<P>-Kevin
<P>Peter A. Koren wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
Hi James,
<P>I still have an old PC with a 1510 card and I remember that I had to
add a line in /etc/lilo.conf so that the proper driver would be used/activated/loaded
at boot time. The SCSI how to most likely has this stuff. There is another
possibility. I don't remember if the latest kernels use the insmod command
to handle this old card. I used to place
<P>insmod BusLogic
<P>in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
<P>For another PC with a BusLogic controller that has a BIOS. The newer
kernels (or is is the stuff Red Hat adds) autoprobe at installation, so
I no longer have to modify /etc/rc.d/rc.local for this PC.
<P>If you know the name of the driver module for the aha1520 (is that it?),
you might try the command
<P># insmod aha1520
<P>and if it works, put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local . You might have to locate
the driver if it is not in the modules directory.
<P>Good luck and let us know how you solved it.
<P>regards,
<P>Peter Koren
<BR>
<P>James Corona wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>I am fairly
new to the Linux world until this point I have used IDE devices with no
problems. I need to add a SCSI tape drive the the system and am trying
to get Linux to recognize the 1505 card. I tryed to load the module
manually and attempted to make the change to the lilo.conf as described
in the SCSI-HOWTO file to use the correct address but with no success.
Booting with the DOS drivers finds the card. If anyone has this card
working could you please explain what you have done.</FONT></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>CONFIGURATIONSCSI
card 0x340 int=11</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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