[5652] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Adaptec 2940UW Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allen Francom)
Fri Nov 22 18:35:39 1996
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 07:34:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Allen Francom <redhat_list@numedics.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com,
"Dataforge <20516/0/mth/24/burl>" <forsyth@wchat.on.ca>,
"David M. Drukker" <drukker@mundo.eco.utexas.edu>
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Ooo ! This gives me the opportunity to tell a joke that gets better and
better...
"What do you call a dear with no eyes ?"
Answer:
"No idear."
I can only assume that the two files you are referring to are what you
are guessing they are. I suppose if they appear to be config files
for the configuration you want... I WOULD DELETE 'EM ANYWAY ! Ha !
I love to pick options and make mistakes, and then do it again and get
it right. At least that way you'll know.
What FTP site are you referring to ? What directory ? And what files ?
THX
-AEF
P.S. What do you call a dear with no eyes AND no legs ?
On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, David M. Drukker wrote:
> Dear Allen,
>
> Thanks for all the good advice, I am making progress but remain short.
> You might know the answer to this question so I thought that I would ask
> you. If you don't know off hand and don't have time to investigate,
> please just say so.
>
> There are a pair of config files that correspond to the new kernal images
> in the same ftp directory. I don't know what to do with them. They look
> like the files that make config would create, but I am not sure. And, if
> they are, can I just put them somewhere and then run make dep? Or are
> these patches of some type?
>
> -David M. Drukker
> drukker@mundo.eco.utexas.edu
> ECB 1.116
> Department of Economics
> University of Texas at Austin
> Austin, Texas 78712
>
> On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Allen Francom wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Um,
> >
> > Again, I'm not hip to the 4.0 thing yet, however...
> >
> > When you copied over the kernel image from the floppy to the hard disk,
> > did you edit /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo ?
> >
> > And then reboot ? And it didn't work ?
> >
> > In this case, I would explore "kernel parameters" which you can put
> > into /etc/lilo.conf to tell the kernel to do things like look for
> > a particular adapter at a particular IRQ and Base IO Address.
> >
> > THX
> > -AEF
> >
> > - I guess, my point is you did the right thing and you're probably right
> > at the threshold of having it work
> > -------
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, David M. Drukker wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I have the Adaptec 2940UW, and although I have carefully followed the
> > > directions in the Errata for the RH 4.0, I am not able to boot from the
> > > hard disk. Using the kernal images discusses in the intel Errata I can
> > > boot from a floppy and that kernal finds my SCSI Adapter and correctly
> > > identifies my hard drive but even when I copy over that vmlinuz and rerun
> > > lilo, I can not boot from the hard disk. I don't actually understand why
> > > I can boot from the floppy and not from the hard disk using the same
> > > kernal image, but I am resigned to rebuilding the kernal using 2.0.25 and
> > > hoping that the bugs are out.
> > >
> > > But I am new to linux, so don't take my word for it.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > -David M. Drukker
> > > drukker@mundo.eco.utexas.edu
> > > ECB 1.116
> > > Department of Economics
> > > University of Texas at Austin
> > > Austin, Texas 78712
> > >
> > > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Dataforge <20516/0/mth/24/burl> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Allen Francom wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh.
> > > > >
> > > > > If it does boot from floppy,
> > > > > and has been installed to the SCSI drive,
> > > > > AND you can boot with /dev/(scsi device)
> > > > > so that you're started...
> > > > >
> > > > > Remember to go to /usr/src/(linux) and rebuild the kernel with
> > > > > adaptec 2940 support, and reinstall the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Good day,
> > > >
> > > > I'm thinking of getting the adaptec 2940UK SCSI adapter, I have RH4.0 so
> > > > will I still have to compile the kernel? I thought I saw it in the
> > > > install options? (If I'm confused ... just slap me. :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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