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Are there any know problems installing and running Linux (we're
using Yggdrasil Fall 94 RevD) on a 2GB SCSI drive with an Adaptec
1542CF controller.  I've read the barrage of threads concerning
LILO with large IDE drives and I'm wondering if these same problems
will manifest on a 2GB SCSI drive.  Are there any HOW-TO's discussing
this issue (I haven't found any)?

Any help, comments, ideas, etc., would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Fred Pace
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
San Francisco, CA

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|> Are there any know problems installing and running Linux (we're
|> using Yggdrasil Fall 94 RevD) on a 2GB SCSI drive with an Adaptec
|> 1542CF controller.  I've read the barrage of threads concerning
|> LILO with large IDE drives and I'm wondering if these same problems
|> will manifest on a 2GB SCSI drive.  Are there any HOW-TO's discussing
|> this issue (I haven't found any)?

I've been running a 2GB Seagate SCSI drive on my Linux 1.0 machine for several
months with no problems. I'm using a Buslogic BT-445s in Adaptec emulation
mode. fdisk did complain when I set up the partitions, but I just ignored the
messages and everything has worked fine since then.

Just my experience, of course, other people may have other stories.

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Quote:>Are there any know problems installing and running Linux (we're
>using Yggdrasil Fall 94 RevD) on a 2GB SCSI drive with an Adaptec
>1542CF controller.  I've read the barrage of threads concerning
>LILO with large IDE drives and I'm wondering if these same problems
>will manifest on a 2GB SCSI drive.  Are there any HOW-TO's discussing
>this issue (I haven't found any)?

Wizvax is running a DEC dsp3210 (2.1GB) on an adaptec 1542CF with no
problems.  Our root/boot drive is an IDE.  The only limitation I know of
is that your boot partition must be within the BIOS limits for disk
(usually 1024 cylinders, 63sec/trk, 16 heads).

Quote:>Wizvax is running a DEC dsp3210 (2.1GB) on an adaptec 1542CF with no
>problems.  Our root/boot drive is an IDE.  The only limitation I know of
>is that your boot partition must be within the BIOS limits for disk
>(usually 1024 cylinders, 63sec/trk, 16 heads).

Is this still true on system with LBA that support drives with >1024 cyls
under dos with no device drivers?  My BIOS lets me enter drives as 1048x16x63
and 1654x16x63.  My Dos boot drive is a wd2540 setup as 1048 cyls and fdisk'd
into one big partition.  I just installed a wd2850, and have dos on the first
400mb, and would like to put linux on the second 400mb.  I've read about
tricks where the kernel is on a dos fs, but I wonder if that will be necessary.

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|> Are there any know problems installing and running Linux (we're
|> using Yggdrasil Fall 94 RevD) on a 2GB SCSI drive with an Adaptec
|> 1542CF controller.  I've read the barrage of threads concerning
|> LILO with large IDE drives and I'm wondering if these same problems
|> will manifest on a 2GB SCSI drive.  Are there any HOW-TO's
|> discussing
|> this issue (I haven't found any)?
|>

I've had Slakware up and running on a P90, 1542CF, IBM 2gb SCSI
configuration for the last several weeks.  I created sommething like
a 300mb root partition, and then a 16mb swap before installing.
Other than operator error in getting LILO configured, I had no problems
with it.  The large disk problems with IDE are usually related to BIOS
limitaions, which don't come into play for SCSI controllers.

Phil

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