Re: Adaptec 2940 SCSI Card
> I just downloaded the base debian system on Fri and tried to boot it on my
> PC. It booted ok (I have not installed it yet) but it could not find my
> Adaptec 2940 SCSI PCI card. I currently have nothing conntected to the
> card (my SCSI CD-ROM is in the shop for repairs since it was causing the
> SCSI bus to timeout). The bootup procedure compains of an unknown PCI
> device. It says something like the following:
> scsi: 0 hosts
> scsi: dectected devices
>
> Do I need to have an actual SCSI device for the kernel to see the card?
> I thought that the Linux kernel 1.2.13 supported Adaptec 2940 SCSI PCI cards.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Masood Ahmed
Unfortunately the 1.2.13 kernel doesn't support the Adaptec 2940 card and
unfortunately you'll have to compile your own with a patch. I obtained a
patch for it and ran it over 1.2.13 (it gave an error in patching the
Makefile, so I did it manually - no problems) if you want it, reply back to
me and I'll email you it.
Again, I had the problem that I couldnt use 1.2.13 because it wouldn't detect
my 2940. I got around this my asking a friend to compile one for me and
made a boot disk so that I could boot and compile my own.
Regards,
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