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by **Ben Bau** » Wed, 08 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I am having some trouble getting an Adaptec 1535
recognised by Linux 2.2.6 (Slack4.0). I am using
the scsi.s kernel and I tried append="aha1542=0x130,11,4,5"
in the lilo settings, but no luck. According to several
newsgroup postings, the 1535 is "a 1542CP without BIOS".

The card has a 4 switch dip on it to toggle pnp/not
and set the address. I have tried (with PnP disabled)
130 and 330 but to no avail.

If I have it right, I edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo
then reboot and the new lilo.conf should be in effect.

What am I missing?

by **David Coole** » Wed, 08 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> I am having some trouble getting an Adaptec 1535
> recognised by Linux 2.2.6 (Slack4.0). I am using
> the scsi.s kernel and I tried append="aha1542=0x130,11,4,5"
> in the lilo settings, but no luck. According to several
> newsgroup postings, the 1535 is "a 1542CP without BIOS".

Isn't that also an AIC7xxx chip?
I know there were some SCSI cards that had to have the AIC7xxx drivers
installed to run.

by **ben bau** » Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:00:00

>> I am having some trouble getting an Adaptec 1535
>> recognised by Linux 2.2.6 (Slack4.0). I am using
>> the scsi.s kernel and I tried append="aha1542=0x130,11,4,5"
>> in the lilo settings, but no luck. According to several
>> newsgroup postings, the 1535 is "a 1542CP without BIOS".

>Isn't that also an AIC7xxx chip?
>I know there were some SCSI cards that had to have the AIC7xxx drivers
>installed to run.

I have it working now. Turns out the scsinet.s kernel I was
using was detecting the card as a 1542 (as it should), but then
was* after reporting probing for <fdomain>. Once I used the
aha1542.s kernel and set the io to 330h, all was happy. Works
well and the card only cost me $30.

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