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Adaptec 1540B/1.2.13/Slackware 3.0 install problem

Adaptec 1540B/1.2.13/Slackware 3.0 install problem

Post by Jeff La » Fri, 12 Apr 1996 04:00:00



I'm trying to install Slackware 3.0 onto a 486 DX2-66, 16MB machine and
am having no end of problems.  The machine has no IDE hardrives and I'm
trying to use an Adaptec 1540B SCSI adapter to install onto a pair of 1GB
drives using a SCSI CDROM drive in an external box.  I'm using the SCSI
boot disk (although I've tried the ASCSI one also).  The aha154x is set
at I/O 0x330, IRQ 11, DMA 5 and SCSI address 7.  I've tried the
installation process both with and without the BIOS enabled.  The failure
occurs when detecting the aha154x and I get the following message
"aha1542_in failure(3); unable to determine Adaptec DMA priority,
disabling board".

The only cards present in the machine are an I/O card (w/ IDE disabled),
a video adapter and the Adaptec 1540B.  I've run out of things to try.  
I've previously installed Linux onto another system (all IDE drives,
however) without any problems.  This one has me stumped as the only thing
I can think of is that the card is disfunctional, however, the card
works fine running DOS/Windows 3.11.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Jeff Lary

 
 
 
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Adaptec 1540B/1.2.13/Slackware 3.0 install problem

Post by Dennis A.Dogge » Wed, 17 Apr 1996 04:00:00



Quote:>I'm trying to install Slackware 3.0 onto a 486 DX2-66, 16MB machine and
>am having no end of problems.  The machine has no IDE hardrives and I'm
>trying to use an Adaptec 1540B SCSI adapter to install onto a pair of 1GB
>drives using a SCSI CDROM drive in an external box.  I'm using the SCSI
>boot disk (although I've tried the ASCSI one also).  The aha154x is set
>at I/O 0x330, IRQ 11, DMA 5 and SCSI address 7.  I've tried the
>installation process both with and without the BIOS enabled.  The failure
>occurs when detecting the aha154x and I get the following message
>"aha1542_in failure(3); unable to determine Adaptec DMA priority,
>disabling board".

>The only cards present in the machine are an I/O card (w/ IDE disabled),
>a video adapter and the Adaptec 1540B.  I've run out of things to try.  
>I've previously installed Linux onto another system (all IDE drives,
>however) without any problems.  This one has me stumped as the only thing
>I can think of is that the card is disfunctional, however, the card
>works fine running DOS/Windows 3.11.
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>TIA,
>Jeff Lary

I had very similar problems with my 1540 on a 486DX2 66. My 1542B works fine
though. The 1540 works great on a 386DX25. Go figure.
Dennis....

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1. 1.2.13 install with Slackware 3.0 & AHA2940 & 3c590

Hi,

  I will have to install Linux 1.2.13 using the Slackware 3.0 5 CDs
distribution
on a machine with a 3c590 ethernet card and an Adpatec 2940 SCSI adapter
(Bios version not yet known, all hard disks and the CD drive will be SCSI).

 Anybody knows if I should expect problems? (apart from those caused by being
a Linux newbie ;-) )

In particular:

- Will I still need to get the vortex drivers for the 3c590 from the server    
  named in the Slackware 2.3 Ethernet-HOWTO or are they now part of the
release?

- If the Adaptec's BIOS is not the dreaded 1.21, does the supplied boot disks
  allow a smooth installation from the SCSI CD drive?

- What if the BIOS is the dreaded 1.21?
  I understood that the 1.3.43 boot disk from
   ftp.ims.com/pub/Linux/aic7xxx/Experiment works fine even with 1.21, can I
use
   it to recompile a 1.2.13 kernel with the necessary modification in pci.h
   and then install 1.2.13?
  Is there any easier solution?

thanks,
          - Guillaume -
 ______________________________________________________________________________
 Guillaume Le Stum                                        ORSTOM Ile de France

 http://www.orstom.fr/~lestum/

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