scsi boot install
I'm trying to bring up a Debian system from CDROM. I have a CDRW that
boots and gets me into the installer. I get to the "Install Operating
System and Kernel modules" step, I pick "cdrom" and "SCSI" and it claims
"No SCSI adapter was detected, so I cannot access a SCSI CD-ROM
drive...". I go to a shell and dmesg says
...
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
...
The drive is a Yamaha SCSI 16x16x4 CDRW. The controler is an Adaptec
2970UW. I have booted RH 6.0 using this drive and controler, so
hardware failure odds are low. Do I have to tell the kernel something
special at the boot: prompt? I tried various settings of boot: linux
aic7xxx=something, but to no avail. Please help! Note that I can't
subscribe to debian-user, so if you could kindly foward replies along
I'd be grateful. Also if I've addressed this question incorrectly,
please clue me. Thanks!
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Joe Miklojcik - NBCS System Programmer - http://oss.rutgers.edu
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