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Hi all...
I tried to install RedHat 5.1 from CDROM on a computer w/ an on-board SCSI
contoller (Adaptec AIC-7890), but the installation routine could not detect
the SCSI HD (Seagate ST34520W)  :-(
The hardware configuration is:
-Asus P2BS motherboard w/ a 300 MHz Pentium II
-64 MB RAM
-Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI controller on the motherboard
-Seagate Medallist Pro (ST34520W) SCSI HD
-IDE CDROM

Help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
--TR

Been there, done that.  Go to ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic and look
around.  There's also a file called README_aic7xxx or something
like that that describes the process of getting the scsi
adapter recognised.  Basically you get the new boot and supp
images to diskette to initiate the install and after completing
the install, go through a whole ream of changes to install
a new kernel.  This ain't for the faint of heart.  The alternative
is to wait for the 2.0.36 kernel (which I hear includes these
drivers) or get an IDE drive in the interim.

Good Luck!

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Quote:> Hi all...
> I tried to install RedHat 5.1 from CDROM on a computer w/ an on-board SCSI
> contoller (Adaptec AIC-7890), but the installation routine could not detect
> the SCSI HD (Seagate ST34520W)  :-(
> The hardware configuration is:
> -Asus P2BS motherboard w/ a 300 MHz Pentium II
> -64 MB RAM
> -Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI controller on the motherboard
> -Seagate Medallist Pro (ST34520W) SCSI HD
> -IDE CDROM

> Help would be much appreciated.

I have had similar problems.  I have the dual cpu version of the same
board.  I managed to get the system installed by downloading the
installation boot.img file from ftp.redhat.com/pub/aic, but after
installing, the system won't boot.  The driver can't find the host
device anymore.  It doesn't make much sense unless, perhaps, the
installation routine installed the old version of the driver from the
cdrom rather than the new one on the boot disk.

I sent a description of the problem to the author of the driver and I
hope he has the time to respond.

Tom

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