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by **Holger Hetteric** » Wed, 25 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Hi all,

this SCSI Adapter is onboard with a Iwill P55XUWB Mainboard. According
to the kernel-docs, (version 2.0.32) this one is supported, but the
system reboots when trying to find the adapter. Any Ideas?

THanks,
Holger

by **John Smit** » Sun, 01 Mar 1998 04:00:00

Try the newer stable kernel 2.0.33. Try a minimal kernel. (No excess
drivers, etc.) Try passing the cards settings to the driver through lilo.

>Hi all,

>this SCSI Adapter is onboard with a Iwill P55XUWB Mainboard. According
>to the kernel-docs, (version 2.0.32) this one is supported, but the
>system reboots when trying to find the adapter. Any Ideas?

>THanks,
>Holger

by **Bart Linds** » Mon, 02 Mar 1998 04:00:00

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:36:07 +0000, Holger Hetterich

>Hi all,

>this SCSI Adapter is onboard with a Iwill P55XUWB Mainboard. According
>to the kernel-docs, (version 2.0.32) this one is supported, but the
>system reboots when trying to find the adapter. Any Ideas?

Two possibilities I can think of...

1. The kernel needs to be passed some arguments (eg. at lilo prompt)
eg. aha152x=0x340,11,7,1 (You'll need to change the aha152x with something else
and possibly also the 0x340 (IO port) and 11 (IRQ) and so on.

2. It's possible that your kernel has its SCSI driver compiled as a module. If
this is the case, you'll need to ensure that you have an initrd image and a
line for your hard disk in /etc/conf.modules.

If neither of the above helps, download a boot disk from a site like
ftp.redhat.com (or slackware,... - no favouritism here :-) who pack as much
hardware support as possible into their installation kernels.

You could also try activating the SCSI controller under DOS/Windoze before
starting up Linux.

Cheers,

Bart.

Good luck.

by **George Nimme** » Sat, 07 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:36:07 +0000, Holger Hetterich

> >Hi all,

> >this SCSI Adapter is onboard with a Iwill P55XUWB Mainboard. According
> >to the kernel-docs, (version 2.0.32) this one is supported, but the
> >system reboots when trying to find the adapter. Any Ideas?

I fixed this same problem with my onboard AIC-7880, build into the Gigabyte 586DX
motherboard.I activated it under dos, and was fine since then.

Quote:> You could also try activating the SCSI controller under DOS/Windoze before
> starting up Linux.

--
George Nimmer
Computer Science

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/undergrad/gen22/

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