Can you boot from CD-ROM? A WD-7000 isn't on your hardware list. Which debian-version is it?
Next, what does say your CD-ROM-boot which SCSI-adapter do you have. What devices have been found for the BT-930 and so on. Starting a Debian-installation from a floppy isn't a good idea. "Es geht auch anders, doch es geht auch so." (Berthold Brecht Dreigroschenoper) Egon Schmid, Grueninger Str. 6, 70599 Stuttgart Voice +49 711 453721 Data +49 711 453721 Fax +49 711 453721 On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hello, > > first my configuration > > > K6-200, BT-930, ASUS TX97-XE, Matrox-Millenium, IBM SCSI-DCAS 34330, > Plextor SCSI-CDROM, IOMEGA-ZIP SCSI intern, 64MB SDRAM > > all new assembled. > > I tried to start with the Debian CD (German manufacturer J.F. Lehmanns) > > I seted up the Buslogic BIOS to boot from CD: it works perfectly > and my box booted from CD. I've got the installation menue. > But when I try to partition a harddisk it failed ans didn't found > any harddisk. ALso trying to mount any /dev/sd? at tty2 failed with: > > Kernel could not recognize ... as a blockdevice > (try insmod driver) > ... or things like that. > > I have to say that the harddisk works with the factory installed DOS > without any floppy or CD in the drives perfectly without any problem. > That means the drive seems to be all right. > > While booting I've got: > Warning : Unknown PCI device (8096:71xx). Please read include/linux/pci.h > > (xx aus 00, 10, 11, 12, 13, sowie zus"atzlich (102b:51b)) > > but this happens on some boxes as I heard and seems not to be connected > with my problem. > > Well I tried the 2.0.30 special installation diskettes which should > work with Buslogic Flashpoint controllers but should crash often. > Yes I veryfied that they crash ... :-((( > The last words were: > > Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 > FDC 0 is a post-1991 > md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 > > It seems that after this the SCSI controller is to be initialized. > > Using the standard diskettes the next lines are: > > Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! > PPA: unable to initialise controller at 0x378, error 2 > scsi : 0 hosts > scsi : detected total. > > but I think the error message is connected with failing to initialize > the parallel port zipdrive which I havn't because using an internal > SCSI Zipdrive. Or is this the point??? > > But the CD is read very well!?!?!? > > Any hints???? > > > Greetings > > Andreas. > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
