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Re: Adaptec 2940 and aic7xxx
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Mon Oct 21 18:33:37 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:04:29 -0400
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
To: toddw@user1.cyberhighway.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961021093216.6854A-100000@user1.cyberhighway.net>
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Why don't you put your kernel image, say 3940W.img, into
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/incoming/kernels/
with a .readme file describing what you say below.
That way, others can be simply referred to the above directory, and they
can be saved from many headaches.
-sen
Todd Weible writes:
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
>
> > With these kernels and the 3.0.3 cdrom, one can easily install a base
> > system with a 2.0.0 kernel. Then, one can upgrade to 2.0.23, etc.
> >
> > It might be worth trying to try to replace the
> > vmlinuz
> > file on the 4.0 boot.img disk with the file
> > 2940-590.img
> > from 1. above to see if one can install.
> >
> > If anyone tries this and has success, please let me know.
>
> Here's the scoop. I just built my own kernel which was monolithic and had
> support for my 3940. The install was flawless except for some of the
> problems mentioned by others already (had to skip lilo install wouldn't
> put it in the super block of linux partition...anyway). For users who
> don't already have linux running, they could try your suggestion, or get
> ahold of me and I can get then a vmlinuz that should work. That way,
> they don't have to install picasso just to get a working boot disk. Only
> thing important other than supporting your hardware is to compile support
> for ramdisk and boot: linux load_ramdisk=1.
>
> I wish someone had recommended this earlier, but yesterday someone
> recommended it to someone else, so I tried it and it worked like a
> champ. Install doesn't even ask if you have scsi, it just takes you to
> partitioning, formattting, etc.
>
> Best of luck to anyone else having problems... and thanks for the suggestion
>
> Todd
>
> Note to Red Hat team...if you haven't already, you should get a kernel
> image on your site for people with 3940W at least. Some users reported
> 2940 is ok with standard boot disk, but I know 3940 isn't.
>
>
>
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