I am new to Debian so I hope I am giving the needed information to recieve help from the Debian comunity.
My scsi controller (Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW Dual) supports bootable cd-roms. I am trying to install Debian 2.1 (kernel 2.2.12) from a VA Linux distribution I purchased in a store. I boot from the cd-rom and press <enter> to start the installation. Things start to scroll across the screen and then the computer locks, not responding to anything but a warm reboot. Before it hangs it looks like it is loading drivers for my hard disks connected to my scsi card. I have three hard drives and two cd-roms. The bootable hard drive is at id 0, another at id 1, another at id 2, and two cd-roms at id 3 and 4. The scsi controller id is at 7. After what looks like the second scsi device being detected "(scsi1)" the system locks. The last two lines on the screen read: (scsi1) downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded NCR53c406a: no available ports found Also I notice that Linux identifies my scsi card incorrectly as a AIC 7895 U My guess is that it has found something it does not like with my hard drive that is at id2. (it is an old hard drive that came out of my first computer, an IBM P/S 2 80). As it still works I have kept it. I am currently running NT 4.0 service pack 5 on my system and after a brief experience with windows 2000 I am actively seeking a new OS. I have tried to specify (blindly I admit) a boot parameter that would at lest get me to the install screen. But to no avail. I have read the boot parameter information found through the F4 and F5 options on the boot disk and what I could find in the Debian tutorial and the Guide on the Debian web site. I still feel clueless as how to truely use a boot parameter. Or how to get to the install screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will be checking my e-mail regularly so I am able to supply any more information that might be needed. Thank you in advance, Scott
