Re: Linux + Adaptec 2940U2W = ??

[Jay Estabrook digital com]

>>> Scott Johnston said:
> 
> Does anyone out there know the magic recipe to get an Adaptec 2940U2W
> Ultra2 controller working in an Alpha (specifically, an AS 200 4/233)?

Pray... ;-}

> I'm running ARC 4.58.  I tried booting the 2940U2W card with its
> attached drive in a Pentium-class machine and it worked fine, so
> it doesn't appear that anything is broken.  Your thoughts?

The Adaptec driver(s) in all ARC/AlphaBIOS consoles, with the possible
except of the newest (EV6) boxes, does NOT support that U2W controller.  The
consoles should ignore it gracefully, however, so you might be able to use
once you are booted.

It also sounds as if the MILO you are using has an Adaptec driver that is
also deficient in U2W support. You might check to see if the latest MILO
for your machine from the DEBIAN folks (perhaps these are also on RH 6.0?)
would work. If not, you may be out of luck... :-\

Good luck.

--Jay++

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Jay A Estabrook                       Alpha Engineering - LINUX
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