We actually found out on one of the BSD websites that Adaptec scsi cards/quantum drives have a bug in them. We have since switched to an IBM drive and the installation went OK.
Thanks for all the help George On 05 Feb 2002 02:26:12 -0800 Rilindo Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had that same problem with the AIC card. I usually work around it by > installing the SMP kernel instead. > > On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 02:09, George Abdo wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > We have fortunately stumbled on a dual PII Digital 3000 Server. It comes equipped >with a Raid array is a MYLEX DAC960P/PD Raid array Firmware 3.50-0-27 > > > > The BIOS has SCSI Controller: Adaptec AIC-7880P (on-board BIOS 1.26S1.01) > > > > We have been unable to install either RH7.2 or Mandrake 8.0 > > > > We tried to use the following SCSI drivers: > > using the aic-7xxx causes a hang > > using aic-7xxx_mod works, but we can't recognise the drive. > > > > We are trying to install linux on a SCSI hard drive, and then use the raid for our >data storage. > > > > This problem happens wether we're installing Mandrake 8.0 or RH7.2 > > Does anyone have any experience installing Linux on this model server, or where >can we get drivers for these SCSI controllers? We have looked around but to no avail. >Maybe we are looking in the wrong areas? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you need any more information, please >let me know. > > > > George > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
