[aclug-L] Re: Adaptec SCSI & SuSE Linux

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 10:43:21PM -0600, Ryan Hunt wrote:
> 
> I recently aquired 2 Seagate SCSI HDS(2gig and 6gig) and an Adaptec 1540CF
> Controller, i got no documents with these and after i finally both hds
> detected by the BIOS it only assignes a drive letter to the 2 gig wich is
> ID 0 (Proably dosent matter)
> 
> i was running SuSE 6.2 and decided that a system scrap would be worth
> reinstalling onto the SCSI since I was on IDE (still have the system on
> the IDE its just not in my box now). After a long pierod of the Suse
> LinuxRC install scanning the adaptec controller I can see it found both
> harddrives from the System information screen, yet when YaST starts and
> prepares for the install it dosent show the SCSI harddrives, what do i
> have to do to get it to install on the SCSI Harddrives...

You will need to install the proper SCSI drivers--they should be available
as a module during the installation of SuSE.  I know an Adaptect 1540 works
in Linux--I've used one.  I also know that particular card is slow as
molassas.  I would prefer IDE over that particular model of SCSI card.  You
might consider buying a newer SCSI card--I got an Advansys PCI card for
about $40.  It has one internal (50-pin) and one external (25-pin)
connector.  It's nothing fancy, but it should work for some basic stuff, and
it works great in both Linux and Windows.



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