Very Computer

OK, I've look thru numerous sources with little luck.  I've seen sites
that say linux supports the Adaptec apa1460 PCMCIA-to-SCSI card (I own a
notebook computer) but I'm at my wits end trying to figure out how to
find/configure an appropriate driver to use so I can install Linux
using the CD-ROM installation.

I've booted the scsi bootdisk; not detected.  I've tried sending
arguments to the kernal to use aha1520 support; no luck (trying aha1520
is an educated guess).

I've seen several linux-laptops sites that list Adaptec's SlimSCSI card
as a supported card, but I've had no luck finding info on what driver to
use or how to use this card.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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I use an Adaptec APA-1460 scsi card on my laptop.  The linux
laptop page has some info, including a link to the Linux PCMCIA
info page.  Look there for the PCMCIA package.  I had to
recompile the debian pcmcia package in order to get it to work.
After that I can easily use my scsi card and a modem.

To install from a pcmcia cdrom, you'll have to do a minimal
install from another source, install the pcmcia package and then
install everything else from cdrom.  Some distributions are
reputed to be pcmcia-aware from the start - maybe one of those
would work for you too.

Hope this helps, Mike

Linux laptop page:
<URL:http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>

Linux PCMCIA info page
<URL:http://hyper.stanford.edu/~dhinds/pcmcia/pcmcia.html>