Re: Newbie question -- Installing with Adaptec 2940
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> I'm trying to install debian 1.1 from the Infomagic CD set, and using the
> boot1440.bin image for the boot disk I can't get it to recognize my 2940
> SCSI adapter. I have a hard disk and a Jaz drive on the SCSI card, and
> an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM.
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> I found the directory of patches for the adaptec cards, but don't know
> how to use them. I also found the special kernels on the ftp site but
> couldn't figure out which one if any would work. Finally, I tried a
> variety of 'boot:' parameters with no luck.
Good. Look in ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/make-floppies and
you'll see that it's special kernel number 1 or 9 that you want.
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> Can someone point me in the right direction? I realize this is an old
> question but I've been working at it for a while with no success.
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> Thanks.
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> Robert Platt McGill-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute
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> "For every complex and difficult problem there is always a simple and easy
> solution ... and it's wrong."
> -- H.L. Mencken
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