[477] in RedHat Linux List
Alternative aic7xxx kernel available (was: aic7xxx !johnsonm!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Tue Oct 22 20:19:21 1996
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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Oct 1996 17:52:31 MDT."
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:15:37 -0400
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I have put up yet another boot image, this one for people with
aic7xxx cards which don't work with the bootaic7xxx.img.gz boot
image I put up earlier. You can retrieve it from
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/johnsonm/bootaic7xxx.img.gz
The boot image bootaic7xxx-alt.img.gz is built with the aic7xxx driver
from the 2.0.12 Linux kernel. Some aic7xxx cards which do not work with
the current aic7xxx driver worked with the old one, and so if the new
one does not work for you, you can try the old one.
This boot image, like all others in this directory, is currently
UNSUPPORTED. Use it at your own risk. Please report success
or failure to me: johnsonm@redhat.com
Simply download bootaic7xxx-alt.img.gz, gunzip it, dd it to a floppy,
and boot it. If you have access to a Red Hat Linux 4.0 CDROM or have
good internet access and want to try an install via ftp, you should be
able to. Assuming the disk works, after doing the install (and setting
up LILO, etc), boot *from the floppy* with "linux root=/dev/sd??" where
"sd??" is the root partition on the hard drive. Then mount the floppy
and copy the vmlinuz off it into your /boot directory and re-run lilo.
At that point, you should have a working Linux system.
RHS Linux User writes:
>I thought of that. I have a feeling if you just copied the sources from
>1.2.12 into the 1.2.18 directories, you could effectively "fix" back
>whatever is messed up in the driver.
Exactly. The driver compiled and was successfully linked into the
kernel. Whether this kernel will work is anyone's guess, but I'd
say the odds are good.
>I think there should be a more "official" boot disk fix created like this.
That's exactly what I'm working on right now. It won't be officially
supported, but it will be from us and I'll want to know if it doesn't
work...
>If you need any input or help let me know.
Yes, please. If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you could download
the new boot disk and test it.
michaelkjohnson
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