Re: Recognizing old scsi controller/disk
In <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.970705152432.388A-100000@mapleloop.rmt.utk.edu>, "Michael B.
Taylor" <mtaylor@mapleloop.rmt.utk.edu> wrote:
> I am unable to get an old scsi disk recognized during installation, and
> would appreciate help.
> I am trying to install Debian on a rather old system with a Future Domain
> TMC830 scsi controller. From information obtained from Adaptec's (they
> bought Future Domain) web site, I have determined that the card is
> jumpered for memory address of CA000-C8FFF, and an interupt of IRQ 5.
> This is the default setup for the card. This card/disk boots up DOS just
> fine.
> I boot the system using a Debian 1.3 rescue disk. At the boot prompt, I
> type:
> tmc830=0xca00,5
> per the help file (f5 key) on the rescue disk. I have also tried more and
> fewer trailing zeros in the memory address. The system responds with:
> Could not find kernel image: tmc830=0.xca
> I am not trying to point to a kernel image with the boot parameter, I am
> just trying to get it to recognize the scsi hardware.
> I have installed Debian on an IDE drive on this system with no problems.
> I am out of ideas. Yours would be greatly appreciated.
Whenever you specify an option at the boot prompt, you also need to specify
the name of the kernel. On the rescue disks, I think it's called "linux".
Adam Klein
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