[3451] in RedHat Linux List
HELP? Re: post-4.0 install, SCSI HD not found
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Morgan Fletcher)
Fri Nov 8 16:23:09 1996
To: Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com>
Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
From: Morgan Fletcher <morgan@geoworks.com>
Date: 08 Nov 1996 13:08:56 -0800
In-Reply-To: Eric Smith's message of 8 Nov 1996 03:43:11 -0000
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com> writes:
> > I just installed 4.0 on my PC at work. It's got an Adaptec 1515 SCSI
> > card, which (I guess) doesn't have a BIOS. It can't be auto-probed and
> > the kernel needs to be fed a couple parameters for the adapter to be
> > recognized.
>
> Lilo uses the BIOS to load the kernel from the disk. If there is no SCSI
> BIOS, it won't be able to load the kernel from a SCSI device. You'll
> have to boot the kernel from a floppy (with or without Lilo).
You know, I just went through the entire installation process again, this
time choosing to have LILO installed on a floppy. When I reboot, I get the
same errors:
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:02
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:02
Can someone please offer me some advice as to how to make this work? I
don't quite know how to evaluate what's getting written to /etc/lilo.conf
during the installation process. Is it on the new linux root partition,
under /mnt? Can I hit Alt-F2 to get to a prompt and fiddle with it at some
point?
Do I need a different boot disk? How do I boot linux from a floppy without
LILO? Is there some way I can get verbose SCSI error reporting in my boot
disk?
What's up?
morgan
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