Re: install help with a SCSI CDROM on a 486
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, wganz@texoma.net wrote:
> I've been fighting this Debian install for 3 weeks and am about tired of it.
> If I don't get an answer here, then I am taking the damn CD to the skeet
> range. OK, here is what I got:
>
> Debian 2.1 bootable CD, official type that comes in the box, has the Debian
> tm logo on it and the O'Rielly cow book in the box with it
>
> Desired packages:
> Perl(full install not just the basic package), Python, gcc, apache/httpd,
> mySQL
>
> Compaq Prolinea 4/66 20megsRAM < a 486>
> Fujitsu 4.3 HD partitioned as:
> hda1 := 2048
> hda5 := 1024 <copied the Debian CD here in /Debian using xcopy in DOS>
> hda6 := 1024 <copied W31 & W95 here to make it easier to reinstall >
> hda7 := 0033 Linux swap <from previous install attempts>
> hda8 := 0033 somehow generated in one of the install attempts, delete later
>
> Netgear/Bay Network EA201 D2 NIC
> Adaptec AVA-1505A hooked to an internal IBM/Matsuhita CR-503-C
> CDROM is at SCSI#3
> during DOS bootup it shows the card as
> Host Adapter #0
> Port 140h
> Interrupt 10
> Host Adapter SCSI ID = 7
>
> One of the references that I found is at
>
> http://customer.support.redhat.com/rhoaprod/plsql/xxrh_know_pkg.srch2?p_id=1
> 20
>
> and its example was aha152x=0x340,10,7
> however, I believe that I should have aha152x=0x140,10,7 due to the IO
> address
>
> Now I can click Win95 Start, Shutdown to DOS, go to the CDROM as I:\ in
> Win98DOS, cd install, invoke boot.bat, select color, select USA keyboard,
> partition hda1 as ext2~>Write~>yes,~>Quit init&activate swap hda7, init
> /dev/hda1, "skip the bad block check since it has been done about 20 times
> without finding anything", mount as /, Install Operating System Kernel and
> Modules, Select CDROM as medium, select /dev/scd0 : SCSI, and bleewy "NO
> SCSI ADAPTER DETECTED"
>
> The question remains, where do I tell Debian to aha152x=0x140,10,7 in this
> process?? I don't see a place to pass these parameters to the install
> program. What am I missing???
You don't have to tell it to the install program, you have to tell it to the
kernel. When you boot the cd you get the kernel "boot:" line on the very first
screen; you have to enter the params here. You can also get some help by
pressing F1.
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