[2750] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Question about SCSI devices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mahoney)
Tue Nov 5 10:23:27 1996
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Nov 1996 10:50:39 PST." <Pine.LNX.3.91.961105104312.14933C-100000@numedics.transport.com>
Reply-To: jeffm@eznet.net
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 10:22:48 -0500
From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@wks.eznet.net>
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.961105104312.14933C-100000@numedics.transport.com>, y
ou said:
>
>
>I hate SCSI !
>
>Actually, it works pretty good until you get the one adapter that isn't
>supported !
>
>I have Adaptec 2940 for a monkey.
>
>These, and perhaps yours require a special compilation option.
>
>Additionally, there are numerous FAQ's, many of which cover Adaptec.
>
>I know that some need a firmware upgrade.
>
>Of course, if yours works when it is alone, then maybe there is a
>hardware conflict. If you can't talk to it at all, then there is
>probably an answer burried in the SCSI HOW-TO (new one) regarding your
>particular adapter.
>
>Do you need to have the tape on a different controller ? They are
>low overhead devices...
>
>Also, there are sometimes kernel boot time parameters that have been
>known to actually work sometimes, like changing the base io address, or
>IRQ of the adapter in /etc/lilo.conf for the given kernel image...
>
>Sometimes this doesn't work when a driver ignores 'em...
>
>If one of those topics doesn't do it, then I'm out. Sorry for lack
>of specific fix...
I have 5 machines using that same adapter, and I've never had any trouble
compiling a kernel to recognize it.. I've used modules too, and they
both work, completely unproblematic..
The only problem I've ever had, is SCSI timeout errors, but that was related
to me not copying a v. 2.0.23 System.map to /boot, and still using the 2.0.10
System.map.. Copying that file fixed it.. (for obvious reasons)..
Later,
Jeff Mahoney
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