Hi all!
I'm trying to add a scsi adapter card to my PC to use a CD Writer and a
SCSI disk.
I bought the cheapest card i found, a DTC3510A, that seems to be similar
to an adaptec 152x. In Windows95 it worked OK, using the AHA-152x builtin
driver. However in Linux (RH6.1) i get the following boot message:
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected
And i cannot get at a 4GB drive connected at ID 5 (tried mount and fdisk)
I ran kerneld to add the aha152x module with the following parameters (io
port=340, IRQ=11, scsi id=7, parity=1), and then rebooted the machine.
I read that this happens usually with the adaptec 15x cards, and is
related to the BIOS in the adapter, but this card doesn't have any jumper
to turn the BIOS on or off as suggested.
I'm changing this card for an adaptec 2940, that's listed as Tier 1
supported in RH 6.1.
As I'm new to this I wanted to check if I'm doing the right steps.
i) add the required line to load the correct module in kerneld
ii) reboot?
iii) should 'mount /dev/sda' work then? or should fdisk be able to get at
the disk to show the partition table or format it? Or is any other step
required?
and finally, is there any package of scsi utilities to scan scsi buses,
report on scsi devices, etc?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Lic. Fernan Aguero
Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnologicas
Universidad Nacional de General San Martin
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