Slackware 9.0 and scsi problem

[John Finkenbine]

> One thing to remember is that Slackware changed to an ISOLINUX install
> diskette setup starting with v8.1.  I've been running mostly SCSI on
> all my systems for the past 12 years with no extra difficulty
> installing Slack on any of them.  
> 
> It sounds like you have a 2742 EISA controller, and I'll bet it
> doesn't support a bootable CDROM, I have a couple older machines with
> 1542's with the same problem.  I used the DOS startup method, outlined
> in the isolinux directory on CD #2 of Slackware v9.  The 5 disk
> requirement to do isolinux from a floppy start is a bit much and
> probably the only peeve I have with Slack.  But I digress.
> 

The controller is some kind of 274x but it is not a standalone card - it is 
embedded on the motherboard.  And, you're right, it doesn't support 
booting the CD.  The machine itself is EISA but this should not matter, 
should it?

DOS startup method??  I have only CD1 - I downloaded and burned 
the iso image to get this one.  I see no mention of a CD2 on the 
Slackware WEB site or on the mirrors.

> The DOS startup worked quite well and I simply used the adaptec.s
> kernel as vmlinuz and I replaced the initrd.img file in the isolinux
> directory with the initrd.img file in the root directory of CD #1
> Slackware v9, the one on CD2 lacked a few things that made the
> installation much easier.  The README.TXT on CD #2 isolinux directory
> has all the directions.
> 
> Shawn

What you say here about the DOS startup seems sensible.  How do I 
get my hands on that CD2?

John

> 
> On Wed, 21 May 2003 08:11:08 -0400 "John Finkenbine"
> <john.finkenbine at mcgill.ca> professed:
> 
> > > On 05/20/03 14:13, John Finkenbine wrote:
> > > > Okay, I tried saying at the boot prompt:  "ramdisk aic7xxx_old"
> > > > but I got the same result as before, i.e., no scsi controller
> > > > detected, but an apparent RAID array detected.  For what it's
> > > > worth, I see messages during booting such as:
> > > > 
> > > > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter,
> > > > errno = 2 .... md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2 .... md:
> > > > Autodetecting RAID arrays
> > > > 
> > > > I have gotten the same messages no matter what boot parameters I
> > > > have tried.  Not sure what to try next.
> > > 
> > > A different distro?
> > > 
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> > As Lonni says, I *could* try a different distro.  But, I have the
> > feeling tha Slack 9.0 really ought to work, if I only knew what I
> > was doing wrong.  I am most intrigued by Ted's recollection that the
> > aic7xxx module has changed and that I need to use an older version. 
> > I looked at all the docs I could find on the 9.0 CD, but saw no
> > mention of changes to this module.  Ted couldn't remember for sure
> > what was the name of the older version and I have had no luck
> > finding out on my own.  Any ideas what the name is and where it is
> > to be found during installation?
> > 
> > Or, I could just use Slack 8.0, which works fine, but that would be
> > too easy.  :-)
> > 
> > John
> > 
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