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I am a total newbie when it comes to Linux.  Any help will most
gratefully appreciated.

I am trying to install SUSE Linux 7.1 on to a SCSI hard drive
controlled by an AdvanSys ABP5140 adapter.  Unfortunately, the
installation program YaST2 doesn't recognise the SCSI hard drive
although it sees the IDE ones.

When I try to install the AdvanSys module, it asks for the parameter
and gives an example of a parameter as "afc_iopf lag=1
afc_ioport=0x110".  I don't understand what this means.
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Quote:> I am a total newbie when it comes to Linux.  Any help will most
> gratefully appreciated.

> I am trying to install SUSE Linux 7.1 on to a SCSI hard drive
> controlled by an AdvanSys ABP5140 adapter.  Unfortunately, the
> installation program YaST2 doesn't recognise the SCSI hard drive
> although it sees the IDE ones.

I had to remove the ide drives, just disconnected the data cables, when I
installed SUSE 7.0 Pro on my scsi system. I also deleted them from the bios,
Linux does not need the bios settings to find IDE. This forces Linux to use
the scsi, HOWEVER my scsi disk is the primary one ie my machine attempts to
boot to Linux first, you may not want to do this.

Cheers

Dave