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Re: AHA2940AU Support?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Tue Nov 19 12:42:49 1996

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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Nov 1996 22:30:46 EST."
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:40:21 -0500
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Bob Burton writes:
>YEP Sure did.  It makes no mention of the adapter not being recognized, only
>scsi devices.

Except that I didn't know if you had tried the alternative image.
You have, so that's good.

>Too new? You gotta be kidding.  I looked at the pci.h on the cdrom and it 
>didn't have an entry for the 7861 (2940AU) in it.  However, 2.0.25 did.

Ok, I was missing some context.

>Also, check out http://confused.ume.maine.edu/~aic7xxx/aic7xxx/4852.html.
>This posting (dated 29 Sep) makes mention of this fact.  So, in my feeble
>mind, it should have been available in November when I received RH4.0, no?
>It wouldn't be taken out, would it?

Huh?  We ship 2.0.18 -- it was current when we cut 4.0.

>I need to at least boot and load so I can have this patch applied on
>my next recompile.  How do we proceed?

Do you have an alternate machine to build a new boot disk on?  If so,
I can guide you through creating a boot disk for 2.0.25.

michaelkjohnson

"Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?"



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