Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found)
Hi,
When I boot from CD (2.2r0) to install I am told (after configuring
the keyboard) that no hard drives are present. This is not true - the
machine has two SCSI disks hanging off a Symbios controller (sym53c8xx
- 53c1010 ultra3).
The machine came with Red Hat pre-installed (and it boots/works!), so
this hardware is supported by Gnu/Linux (and presumably BIOS is OK).
So how do I install Debian? I can still boot to Red Hat and have
cable modem cnxn and CD writer, so could burn more up-to-date CDs if
necessary (for example). My plan was to put Debian on the other disk
and then delete Red Hat once it was working.
Looking in various FAQs, nothing mentions Symbios, but another make
with suspiciously smilar numbers (can't find the reference now) was
supported with no boot paramateres, if that makes any difference...
Any suggestions/help appreciated. Thanks,
Andrew
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