Re: Trouble with WD7000 SCSI card

[Hugo van der Kooij <Hugo van der Kooij caiw nl>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Josep Egea wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems trying to install RH Linux 4.2 Intel using a  
> SCSI CD-ROM (NEC) and a Western Digital 7000 (FASST) SCSI Card. When  
> the installation process asks for the SCSI driver to use I choose  
> WD7000 but it doesn't work.
> 
> I've tried both "Autoprobe" and with several options, like
> 
> 	wd7000=15,6,0x350
> 
> but it doesn't work.
> 
> Mi card is configured with the default settings: IRQ 15, I/O Port  
> 0x350, DMA Channel 6 and BIOS Base address at CE00h.
> 
> I've managed to install Linux using a borrowed Adaptec AHA 1542B  
> SCSI card, but I need to get it working with WD7000.
> 
> Looking at the source files for the driver, I think that my  
> configuration is correct, and that are the correct settings.
> 
> The rest of my configuration:
> 
> 	Intel 486DX 50
> 	RAM 8MB
> 	Hard Disk Conner (IDE) 240MB
> 	Graphics Card: ATI Graphics Ultra + 2MB (Mach32)
> 	Colorado Tape Backup (QIC80)

1. Make sure you read the RedHat Linux 4.1 errata about 8 MB systems.

2. Checkout what reports you get on the other consoles. (toggle with
Alt-F1, Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4) and give us some more details on the
(error) messages.

Hugo.

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