getting a kernel to recognize scsi on a ppc 7200

["David P. Reese Jr." <daver@gomerbud.com>]

for the past month ive been trying to get various dists of debian ppc
to properly boot on a ppc 7200.  every time that i boot the kernel 
(ive tried sid and potato) it doesnt recognize the scsi device.  as you
probably know its pretty hard to install the base os without a disk.
ive run out of ideas.  ivr tried changing the scsi id of the disk, although
i dont know what good this would do because it doesnt even seem to see the
scsi bus.  i just cant figure out how to make the darn thing work.
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David P. Reese Jr.
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