Re: Re^2: installation of 3c509 module from Woody diskette.

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

petereasthope@canada.com wrote:

> Ref. [🔎] 200408142012.56026.s.cormier@gmx.net
>
> Readers of debian-user,
>
> At 2004-08-14 20:12:56 -0300 Stephen Cormier wrote,
> "I would say get the bf2.4 floppy images. 
> I have an older machine here with the same 
> network card in it and the install went fine, 
> besides you end up with a 2.4 kernel instead
> of a 2.2."
>
> Thanks.  Made that set of diskettes and tried 
> them.  The SCSI drive is not recognized.
> /debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/
> images-1.44/bf2.4/kernel-config has no comments explaining
> the format but contains this line.
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m
>
> Can anyone report the meaning of the "m"?  Appears that
> support for the AHA1542 is absent.
>  
It's a module that gets loaded when required. Probably you need to feed 
the computer with the driver floppies.


> These options remain.
> 1. Remove the AHA-1542 and forget about using 
> SCSI.  Connect an ATA drive to the on-board controller
> and try to install Woody there.
> 2. Replace the main board with a Pentium.
> 3. Try to install "testing".
>  

Testing isn't so silly.

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Cheers
John

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