Re: RH 6.1 install on XP1000 - no scsi modules

[Chris Kloiber <chris_kloiber suth com>]

Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> 
> Hallo !
> We are attempting to install RH 6.1 from the official RH CD-ROM. The install
> is launched from IDE-CDROM vi SRM (no problems), the two (sym and qlogic)
> SCSI boards are detected and the installation programm starts. Unfortunately
> we cannot find a way to get the SCSI disks to be recognized by the installer.
> 
> Using "expert text" we are prompted for a driver disks (where is such a disk
> available ?) and then we can choose to include modules for network and scsi.
> The network list includes several cards but the scsi list remains empty.
> 
> How do we get the SCSI modules to be included ?
> 
> We searched for devices, but /dev was virtually empty (only a few entries
> concering ports like ttyx and console). I checked wether an updated ramdisk
> exists but I didn't find one.
> 
> If you need more info please ask.
> 
>              Helge
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If this is a Miata, (pws433au, etc.) The "Qlogic ISP" controller in the
motherboard doesn't work with the current drivers. Don't connect
anything to it. Forget it's there. I don't know if anybody is working on
a fix or not.

As for the "missing" modules in the installer, I thought that was an
error myself- until I realized that Alpha does not support the initrd
image that the intel platform does. All the supported scsi modules are
already compiled into the Alpha kernel. To install with an "unsupported"
scsi adapter, I assume you would need to compile a new kernel that could
be put on a floppy with the correct scsi module already compiled in. Of
course this means comiling on another Alpha (chicken and egg problem).
Once you install from this custom boot floppy, you would need to start
the system once with it and recompile again on the target machine again
with the correct scsi adapter selected.

Seems ugly but dooable.

Chris Kloiber