I guess you should try using the tecra image (on the official cd release of slink (2.1), it's on cd 2 if I recall correctly, so try booting from cd 2)
Ron Rademaker On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, e3c wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
