Re: Debian 1.1 Beta : Can't install

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

Did you have both SCSI controller cards plugged in at the same time?
If so, try unplugging one and see if the problem is any better.

We really need more detail in reports - the exact text of error
messages, etc. Otherwise, we can't figure out what is wrong.

The driver will look at 0x330 and 0x334 for Adaptec 1542 cards.
You can tell it about other addresses and parameters for cards by
adding these arguments after the word "linux" at the boot command line:

	aha1542=<PORTBASE>[<BUSON>,<BUSOFF>[,<DMASPEED>]]

Portbase is a hex number prefixed by "0x". BUSON and BUSOFF are
the time that the card spends on and off the bus while doing DMA in
microseconds. I use 15 for BUSON and 1 for BUSOFF while writing CDs.
DMASPEED is 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 MB per second. I use 5 as the 486 I use
to write CDs locks up if I set it faster.

You can write the command line into /etc/lilo.conf and run LILO,
or into the syslinux.cfg on the boot floppy, to make these parameters
permanent.

My 1542CX seemed to work best (when I recently tested it in a Pentium) with
plug-and-play on but "use interrupt 9 for plug-and-play" off.

	Thanks

	Bruce