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I've got the AHA1540CD/1542CD SCSI Hostadapter from Adaptec. My Biosversion
is 2.11. At my linux prompt i like to load it that way: insmod/modprobe
aha1542 0x130. But it doesn't recognizes my adapter. I'm using Suse Linux
6.3 with Kernel 2.2.13. Is there a failure in my actions or is the bios too
old?

This is on the assumption that there are no hardware conflicts with your card
(i.e. it works - or did work - under windows).
You'll probably have a directory /proc/scsi, which will be empty.
As I recall from setting up my aha1542CP, the driver will automatically scan
two particular addresses for the card. I can't remember offhand what they are
but they're listed in the aha1542 driver info. In other words, you shouldn't
need to specify an address.

Is 'insmod aha1542' the first thing you're loading?
Try 'insmod scsi_mod', and then 'insmod aha1542'. scsi_mod *has* to be loaded
before any other scsi module (e.g. sg.o, sd.o etc). However, I'm a little
shady as to whether the card driver is included in that priority.
Try it anyway, it may work.
If it does work, you should have a file /proc/scsi/scsi - cat it and you
should see your scsi devices listed.
After trying it, do 'dmesg' and see what messages were reported about the
adaptec.

Regards, Guy