On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 03:32:48PM +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Debian 2 on my computer. > > However when I select "Next: Partition a Hard Disk" > from the installation menu I get a message that > no hard disks where found. > > I have a DAWICONTROL DC-2975 U SCSI Controler with a CDROM > and an IBM UW HD connected to it. The HD is connected via > an U to UW adapter. > > Below is more information to the problem. > > Any clues what is causing this? > > Thanks for any advice, > > Felix > > The file "boot.bat" which I call from DOS: > > @echo off > > smartdrv /c > > loadlin.exe linux ro ncr53c8xx=wide:0 initrd=root.bin root=/dev/ram > > The startup messages I get in LINUX: > > ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 12, function 0 > > ncr53c8xx: 53c875 detected > > ncr53c875-0: rev=0x04, base=0xdd800000, io_port=0xd400, irq=11 > > ncr53c875-0: ID 6, Fast-20, Paritiy Checking > > ncr53c875-0: on-board RAM at 0xdd000000 > > ncr53c875-0: restart (scsi reset). > > ncr53c875-0: copying script fragments into the on-board RAM ... > > scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 2.4a > > scsi : 1 host. > > Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S REV: 1.01 > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: > 02 > > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 > > scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom total. Your CD-ROM was detected by the controller, but your disk wasn't.
I doubt you could operate a wide disk on a non wide controller. An adapter can't compensate for the different data width. Correct me someone if I am wrong here. Nils -- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus Torvalds, W> Winfried Truemper | | L>this is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | W>Umh, oh. What do you mean by "special easter release"?. Will it quit | * W>working today and rise on easter? *
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