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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Maximilien Oursel)
Mon Sep 4 09:30:25 1995
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 95 09:23:45 0200
From: Maximilien Oursel <oursema5@etud.dauphine.fr>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi,
I have written to you about two month ago, some of you
have tried to help me and I thank them again. But with
no result. My frustration is that I still don't know why
I can't install Linux (Slackware 2.3.0) on my PC. It's
not Windows95 that I'm trying to install...
If someone could tell me why, that's all I'm asking for.
Here is the description of my PC:
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ICL System Board with 8 EISA expansion slots.
(Fujitsu Team Server ICL)
Key features of the system are as follows:
Pentium CPU 90Mhz
256k bytes second level cache
8 32-bits EISA slots
2 VL-Bus slots which support 32 bit VESA standard add on cards
128k bytes FLASH ROM, 1 FDC and 1 IDE interface on board
PS/2-compartible keyboard and mouse interface on board
Adaptec AHA-2740/2742 SCSI Host Adapter
ID: ADP7771
Category: MSD
Board slot type: EISA
Readable ID: Yes
Skirt: No
Length: 330 millimeters
Amperage: 1000 milliamps
Busmaster Latency: 50 microseconds
Overlay name: ADP7770.OVL
Host Adapter Interface Definitions
Interrupt Level: IRQ 11 Level
Bus Release Time: 60 BCLKS
Data FIFO Threshold: 100%
Host Adapter BIOS Base Address: D8000H
all that is on SLOT 6
an EtherTeam16i is on SLOT 1
Hard Disk SCSI-2 Seagate ST3620N 520Mb (SCSI ID #0),
CD-ROM Matchita CR-503 (SCSI ID #5),
16Mb of RAM (36 bits).
About my Linux problem:
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This is an example of what I get when I boot with the
'scsi' boot disk. The problem is once I log as root
and I type 'fdisk /dev/sda' I get the message 'Unable
to open /dev/sda', file that do exist.
Here is what I get when I boot:
uncompressing Linux large kernel, low 1M tight... done
Now booting the kernel
console: colour EGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 36.08 BogoMips
Serial driver version 4.11 with no serial options enabled
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
lp1 at 0x0378, using polling driver
PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed
ftape allocated 3 buffer aligned at 00210000
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a 8272A
aha 274x: warning ignoring channel B at 274x-twin
aha 274x: extended translation disabled
aha 274x at EISA SLOT 6
irq 11
bus release time 60 bclks
data fifo threshold 100%
SCSI CHANNEL A:
scsi id 7
scsi bus parity check enabled
scsi selection timeout 256 ms
scsi bus reset at power-on enabled
scsi bus termination enabled
No BIOS32 extensions present. This release still depends on it. Sorry.
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x (EISA/VL-bus -> Fast SCSI) 1.28/1.11/1.29
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : detected total.
Memory: 13356k/16384k available (868k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1776k data)
This process honours the WP bit even when in supervisor mode. Good.
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.019
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.019
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 1.2.8 (root@bigkitty) (gcc version 2.6.3) #1 Sun May 7 15:05:21 CDT
1995
RAMDISK: 1474560 bytes, starting at 0x00228000
VFS: Insert ramdisk floppy and press ENTER
Thank you for letting me know...
Maximilien
