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All the above mentioned OS' recognized the controller as an Adaptec
aha-1520 without problems.  I have tried installing Debian and RedHat
without any luck.  I really want to get RedHat 6.2 running.  When I try
the 1520 driver it is unrecognized. Do I need to ad parameters or will
it just not work on Linux?

FYI... I have put an aha-1540 in the ISA slot to for a "quick fix", but
I want to use the built in one if possible. It's a matter of principle
now.

Thanks,
Marvin Nashville, TN USA

Thanks Freedman! I got it working.

I used your advice along with The Offical RH Install guide to clue me in
in the exact format. I found my parameters in the BIOS setup.

The final looked like this:
aha-152x=0x340,10,7

The 7 at the end is my host ScsiID.

1> use the "Xconfigurator" command from a console
2> Choose Western Digital WD90C24A as your video card

4> Choose "50-70" as the sync rate
5> "DO NOT Probe"
6> "1mb" for memory
7> "s3 GenDAC" as the clockchip
8> "8 bit: 640 x 480"
9> Test it and start using X with the "startx" command from the console

As you can imagine, this laptop is slow if used with a GUI. You can use
something like "Blackbox" or "FVWM 2" as a window manager.
I have just been using TWM which is the default window manager for
RedHat. Nothing fancy, but it works very well. You may want to turn on a
virtual resolution such as 800X600 by editing the xconfig file.

My next project is to get the smartstations ethernet working. I have it
turned of in the BIOS because I have a PCMCIA card, but I want to get
the other going just to try it. Any ideas on this one?