Re: boot parameters

["Daniel J. Brosemer" <odin@bolverk.dorm.org>]

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Phil Reardon wrote:

> Hello:  I would like to go to debian from my present redhat 5.1 system.
> I have an Adaptec 2920 controller and a Seagate ST-34555N disk.  Both of
> these may require some parameters at the boot prompt .  My question is,
> given that I am now using linux, how can I find out what those
> parameters should be?  For the controller I think I need iobase(?),
> irq(?), scsi-id (=0), and reconnect (?).  For the disk I need
> mbm-base(?) and irq(?).   So I now only know one out of the six
> parameters.  Can you help, please?

cat /etc/lilo.conf

I'm not sure what the exact line is, I think it's append= or something,
but it'll be pretty obvious if you already know what to look for, and it
sounds like you do.

good luck
-Dano