Hello,
I've got a Dell Precision 420M at work, dual P3s, pretty much all of the specs from the following email on this list:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/debian-user-200009/ msg01336.html>
The only question unanswered from that thread was that of the SCSI controller. It has an Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra160 SCSI controller.
Let me start by stating that I am new to Debian (to this list and Linux in general), but not to UNIX. I've been around Solaris/Sun for quite some time and hack around on xBSD and use Mac OS X as my primary desktop OS. IOW, I can mess with stuff with no fear.
Now, my problem:
I have downloaded the Woody ISOs. I burned the CDs. I can boot the first CD. The problem? It doesn't see my hard drive. The disk is a 9GB U160 drive (haven't cracked the system open to see what brand/model). The install program asked me for driver floppies, but for the life of me can't find them.
I went to Adaptec's and Dell's web sites to find only references (on Adaptec, Dell was no help) to RedHat and SuSE Linux. All RPMs and/or installers, no floppy images.
Has anybody tried Debian on this system or one with an integrated Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI controller?
Replacing the hardware is not an option, since this is a work machine.
I'm just trying to get familiar with Debian, so I'm just playing at this point.
Thanks! -john
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