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Re: Installation Problem!@ (More Info)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Waldo)
Wed Nov 6 10:09:55 1996

Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 10:03:14 -0500
From: Paul Waldo <pww@ssds.com>
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More info on this problem:  On install, I looked at Console 3 and see
* running /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/cdu31a.o
* insmod failed!

Very odd...

Paul

Paul Waldo wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This may have been answered before, and I *have* looked at the mailing
> list archives, but couldn't find it.
> 
> I am trying to install RH 4.0 and it doesn't seem to recognize my
> hardware.
> 
> I have an Adaptec 1542 SCSI card at IO address 0x330.  Upon booting the
> install floppy, I see (whizzing by) something like "0 SCSI hosts
> found".  I have tried typing "linux aha1542=0x330" at the lilo boot
> prompt.  Still no SCSI recognition.
> 
> The other problem that I have is that the CDROM drive is not
> recognized.  I have a CDU31a attached to a SB16 card at 0x220.  The
> install program cannot detect it by autoprobing, nor can it be detected
> by manually typing in "cdu31a=0x220,0" at either the lilo prompt or in
> the install program.
> 
> At this point I am dead in the water, so any help would be greatly
> appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Paul
> --
> `*** Fatal Error: Found [MS-Windows] -> Repartitioning Disk for
> Linux...'
> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
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-- 
`*** Fatal Error: Found [MS-Windows]->Repartitioning Disk for Linux...'
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|The preceding announcement was made available via the First Amendment|
|of the Constitution of the United States of America.                 |
|The preceding sentence is GUARANTEED by the Second Amendment of the  |
|Constitution of the United States of America.                        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Paul Waldo         <pww@ssds.com>                                   |
|PGP Key fingerprint =                                                |
|               AB 4F 64 E9 7E AD 72 B1  26 84 A0 F1 AB 80 9A 1D      |
|                 Without Prejudice UCC 1-207                         |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+


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