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Re: I need some help on a aic 7890 (same as aha 2940 U2W SCSI)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Krzysztof Jagiello)
Sat Oct 17 09:08:27 1998
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:26:54 -0700 (MST)
From: Krzysztof Jagiello <jeegeet@NSMA.Arizona.EDU>
To: Jean-Philippe LE HENAFF <jplh@caramail.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <908492161004277@caramail.com>
> Please I wanna know I somebody can help me.
> Recently I bought a P2B-DS Asustek motherboard with the
> AIC7890 U2W SCSI card inside.
> After when I bought my slackware Linux 3.5, with the first
> and bootable CDROM it doesn't recognized my card so I wanna
> know where can I get a bootable disk and a linux kernel
> which recognize my card.
Install your system first. Download a patch for 3.0.35 kernel.
You need a newer kernel (probably you have 3.0.34).
You'll also have to patch it with the AIC7xxx-5.1.2-2.0.35_patch
that you can get from
ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/
or
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic
Recompile the kernel with the support for AIC SCSI controller and lilo it.
You may have to use 'no_reset' option (i.e. add it in append section of
your lilo boot or '/sbin/modprobe aic7xxx aic7xxx=no_reset' if you
load it as a module. The author of the driver warns to use that option
with caution. Try without first.
There is also what Mark Tiramani wrote once:
> A tip for Slackware 3.5 users (and maybe others?): you can use the SUSE
> Linux boot image also available at the about ftp site to boot up a new
> system
> and then a Slackware root image disk of your choice. Install from the CD
> and
> reboot with the SUSE disk then select the option to start an installed
> system. Then apply the patches, recompile, lilo and ...... cross your
> fingers :)
K.
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