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Ok, I have installed Redhat and mandrake a couple times on a couple desktops, and didn't use them much. And I like to think I know some things about computers, BUT.....
I'm trying to install Slack 10 on a Dell Poweredge 1300.
2 Scsi drives using an 7890 Adaptec card. and an IDE CD-ROM.
I slap the CD in, selected the "adeptec.s", and it finds the drives. And it asks the normal questions about partioning and formatting (which works). When I tell it what the "Source" install is, (whether Automatic, or manually) tell it where it is (I've tried hda, and hdc by changing the IDE cable, since there are no IDE hard drives). and it says that it can't mount the drive.
It spins the drive, and I can see the activity light go, but it doesn't work!!!
The docs say about selecting another kernel with a boot disk, but I haven't been able to get that to work either.
Any ideas? (Many thanks in advance!!!!!)
Last edited by MagicFingers; 09-22-2004 at 08:14 PM.
well, It's not so much of a problem.. but I wasn't sure what boot disk to use....
if I use a boot disk with the scsi kernel, then the CD won't work (assuming that's the issue) but if I use the standard IDE kernel, then it won't be able to find the scsi drives....
now, I am starting to think I am missing a very critical and important point from the docs...
But when I look for the boot disks, it implies that I can only load one kernel at a time. Ugh, I never thought I'd be so confused as to why it doesn't work...
Am I completely off the mark? or just missing the obvious?
I have Slack 10 on a dual Xeon, Dual AIC7899 controller, and a IDE controller driving a CDROM/DVD drive, which may be something like yours. Never had a problem with the installer locating the IDE controller or CDROM drive.
When installing Slackware 10 from the CDs, at some point early in the installation you are asked if you want the installer to search for a CDROM drive. Did your system have this screen? Did it not see your CDROM?
I install using adaptec.s as the initial kernel. This kernel has the IDE stuff included just for such things as the IDE CDROM.
from pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/bootdisks/README.TXT
Code:
The bootdisks listed below are for systems that contain a SCSI controller.
All SCSI bootdisks feature full IDE hard drive and CD-ROM drive support,
plus additional SCSI drivers.
adaptec.s This bootdisk supports most Adaptec SCSI controllers,
including these models:
AHA-1510, AHA-1520, AHA-1522, AHA-1522, AHA-1740,
and AHA-2825. The AIC7xxx models, which include the
274x EISA cards; 284x VLB cards; 2902, 2910, 293x,
294x, 394x, 3985 and several other PCI and motherboard
based SCSI controllers from Adaptec.
Adaptec's I2O based RAID controllers (including OEM
Adaptec RAID controllers used by HP and Dell,
Adaptec branded AAC964/5400 RAID controllers,
and DPT SmartRaid V cards)
ibmmca.s This is a bootdisk based on a development kernel which
supports MicroChannel Architecture, found in some IBM
PS/2 machines and laptops. It is a bus system similar to
PCI or ISA. Support for most MCA SCSI, Ethernet, and
Token Ring adapters is included.
jfs.s A version of bare.i with support for IBM's Journaled
Filesystem as well as Adaptec AIC7xxx SCSI support.
raid.s This is a bootdisk with support for some hardware SCSI
and ATA RAID controllers. The install disks now have
preliminary support for these controllers as well. The
drivers included are:
AMI MegaRAID 418, 428, 438, 466, 762, 490
and 467 SCSI host adapters.
Compaq Smart Array controllers.
Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
IBM ServeRAID hardware RAID controllers.
LSI Logic Fusion(TM) MPT devices (not really RAID, but
added since there was room for this driver here)
Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID controllers.
Many of these controllers will require some degree of
do-it-yourself setup before and/or after installation.
scsi.s This is a SCSI bootdisk with support for various
controllers. Note that this disk does not include
Adaptec support any longer -- you must use the adaptec.s
bootdisk for that.
This disk supports these SCSI controllers:
AM53/79C974 PCI SCSI support
BusLogic SCSI support
EATA ISA/EISA/PCI (DPT and generic EATA/DMA-compliant
boards) support
Initio 91XXU(W) and Initio 91XXU(W) support
SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI support
Qlogic ISP SCSI support
Qlogic QLA 1280 SCSI support
scsi2.s This is a SCSI bootdisk with support for various
controllers.
This disk supports these SCSI controllers:
AdvanSys SCSI support (supports all AdvanSys SCSI
controllers, including some SCSI cards included with
HP CD-R/RW drives, the Iomega Jaz Jet SCSI controller,
and the SCSI controller on the Iomega Buz multimedia
adapter)
ACARD 870U/W SCSI host adapter support
Compaq Fibre Channel 64-bit/66Mhz HBA support
Domex DMX3191D SCSI Host Adapters
DTC 3180/3280 SCSI Host Adapters
Future Domain 16xx SCSI/AHA-2920A support
NCR53c7,8xx SCSI support
NCR53C8XX SCSI support
scsi3.s This is a SCSI bootdisk with support for various
controllers.
This disk supports these SCSI controllers:
Western Digital 7000FASST SCSI support
Always IN2000 SCSI support
Intel/ICP (former GDT SCSI Disk Array) RAID
Controller support
PCI2000I EIDE interface card
PCI2220i EIDE interface card
PSI240i EIDE interface card
Qlogic FAS SCSI support
QLogic ISP FC (ISP2100 SCSI-FCP) support
Seagate ST01/ST02, Future Domain TMC-885/950 SCSI
support.
SYM53c416 SCSI host adapter
UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI-2 host adapters
Workbit NinjaSCSI-32Bi/UDE support
speakup.s This is like the bare.i (standard IDE) disk, but has
support for Speakup (and since there was space, support
for Adaptec's AIC7xxx SCSI controllers is also included)
Speakup provides access to Linux for the visually
impaired community. It does this by sending console
output to a number of different hardware speech
synthesizers. It provides access to Linux by making
screen review functions available. For more information
about speakup and its drivers check out:
http://www.linux-speakup.org.
To use this, you'll need to specify one of the
supported synthesizers on the bootdisk's boot prompt:
ramdisk speakup_synth=synth
where 'synth' is one of the supported speech
synthesizers:
acntpc, acntsa, apolo, audptr, bns, decext, dectlk,
dtlk, ltlk, spkout, txprt
xfs.s This is an extended version of bare.i with support for
SGI's XFS filesystem. Support for Adaptec's AIC7xxx
SCSI controllers is also included.
I would have thought that it should go all well ... unless
there's yet another problem with the machine?
I'd try a
dmesg | grep CD
in one of the virtual terminals of the Slack install (CTRL+ALT+F2 If I remember correctly...). That should show what it's going to be using. Perhaps try a lowercase cd also. If nothing picks up there, then something's definately wrong.
Originally posted by guzzi I have Slack 10 on a dual Xeon, Dual AIC7899 controller, and a IDE controller driving a CDROM/DVD drive, which may be something like yours. Never had a problem with the installer locating the IDE controller or CDROM drive.
When installing Slackware 10 from the CDs, at some point early in the installation you are asked if you want the installer to search for a CDROM drive. Did your system have this screen? Did it not see your CDROM?
I install using adaptec.s as the initial kernel. This kernel has the IDE stuff included just for such things as the IDE CDROM.
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650, with Dual AIC7899 controller. I use the adaptec.s as the initial kernel, but when I run the fdisk utility to partition my disks, i get no hard disks. Which driver did you use for fdisk (/dev/...???)?
at the installation screen where hard drives can be formated, I used:
fdisk /dev/sda for the first scsi drive. In this unit there are several scsi hdds so, they are
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdc
is this a new venture into Linux for you? Sounds like you are going in with a great system.
thank you for replying,
Yes these were the drivers I expected to use, but there were no /dev/sda nor /dev/sdb.
Finally, the initial kernel I used was raid.s, and it found a MegaRaid controller (which by the way is not, but it's a Adaptec SCSI controller....), and worked with generic driver....
Now all are ok....Thank you again guzzi....
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