Hi John -- You said: > The kernel needed is the "special kernel 6: special NCR53C8XX." This special > kernel is supposedly available from buzz-fixed/disks-i386/special-kernels > at any Debian FTP site. However, when I go the Debian FTP site the only > special kernels available are numbers 0 through 5 (i.e. there is no > special kernel 6 listed).
I can't find special kernel 6 now either, although I could have sworn it existed at one time. You can, if you like, use a boot disk I made for a colleague which has the NCR53c7xx adapter built into it. (This is what's needed for the NCR53c810). It's available at: ftp://sgk.phast.umass.edu/pub/boot1440.bin.gz Note that it is a compressed file. So after you get it, you'll need to process it with gzip -d boot1440.bin.gz then write it to your disk, using either rawrite2 or just dd if=boot1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 (if you already have some Unix system up somewhere). The .config file used to make tha kernel is attached below for your curiosity. Good luck, Susan Kleinmann ====================.config for kernel mentioned above===================== # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set CONFIG_KERNELD=y # # General setup # # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_NET=y # CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=m CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set CONFIG_M586=y # CONFIG_M686 is not set # # Floppy, IDE, and other block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set # # Additional Block Devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # # Networking options # CONFIG_FIREWALL=y CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y # CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE is not set CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y # # Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules. # CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y # CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set # # (it is safe to leave these untouched) # # CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set # CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_AX25 is not set # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set # # SCSI support # CONFIG_SCSI=y # # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set # # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs # # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set # # SCSI low-level drivers # # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=y # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_sync is not set CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_FAST=y # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_DISCONNECT is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_DLCI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set CONFIG_PPP=m # # CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules. # CONFIG_SLIP=m CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y # CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Filesystems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_LOCK_MANDATORY is not set CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y # CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y # CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_DIGI is not set # CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set # CONFIG_STALDRV is not set # CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set CONFIG_PRINTER=y # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_UMISC is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_RTC is not set # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=m # CONFIG_PAS is not set CONFIG_SB=y CONFIG_ADLIB=y # CONFIG_GUS is not set # CONFIG_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_PSS is not set # CONFIG_GUS16 is not set # CONFIG_GUSMAX is not set # CONFIG_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SSCAPE is not set # CONFIG_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_CS4232 is not set # CONFIG_MAUI is not set CONFIG_AUDIO=y # CONFIG_MIDI is not set CONFIG_YM3812=y # CONFIG_SMWAVE is not set SBC_BASE=220 SBC_IRQ=5 SBC_DMA=1 SB_DMA2=5 SB_MPU_BASE=0 SB_MPU_IRQ=-1 DSP_BUFFSIZE=32768 # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
