Re: [aclug-L] Well it compiled ...

[Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok tried the patch, didn't work tried 2.0.33, didn't work. 

so you have any free time this weekend :)


On 23 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > I did include my SCSI card driver (I have only a SCSI hd) and SCSI
> > support, and the ext2 filesystem .
> > 
> > My card is an NCR875J so I don't understand the NCR..460 error. 
> > I tried both NCR 8xx drivers, and get the same results. 
> 
> Is this a Symbios card or a card that just uses the Symbios chipset?
> 
> In any case, the driver you want is NCR53C8xx.  I think you have the
> same card I do -- mine is a Symbios with the 53c875 chipset.
> 
> > I am able to boot from a kernel on a floppy.
> 
> The same kernel or a different one?
> 
> > So what did i do wrong? (i did make dep;make clean; make zlilo; make
> > modules; make modules_install neither scsi or ext2 are compiled as
> > modules I dones seem to find my sound card but I don't get far enough to
> > test it)
> 
> You may need to check to see if the root= line in /etc/lilo.conf is
> properly set to your SCSI boot device.   If not, it could be trying to 
> boot from an IDE device or something.  Also, if you have multiple SCSI 
> controllers, it may be probing them in an order you didn't expect.
> 
> -- 
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