Re: SCSI Install Problems?

["Jeff Hogg" <tastin blkbox com>]

>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Jeff Hogg wrote:
>
>>   I've got a system, newly purchased, that contains 2 9gig SCSI drives.
>> They came with just the command.com and io.sys etc.. of win98 installed
on
>> each.  When started up, the system boots to the C: prompt as they should.
I
>> assumed that I could simply use the win98 fdisk to wipe these
>> artitions( both whole disk primaries ) and then install RH 6.0.
>> However, fdisk always exits with a failure to write to the disks.  The
>> partitions are never removed..  Am I missing something here?  i attempted
to
>> put RH 6.0 on by simply running the install, but it also failed to truly
>> write to the disks.  Anyone?
>>
>Look in the CMOS settings on the machine for something (probably labeled as
>virus protection) that keeps the master boot record and/or partition table
>from being written to.


I checked the cmos out, that setting is disabled.  I went ahead and used the
SCSI bios( apaptec 2940 uw card) to do a low level format of the drives.
This suceeded.  I then tried to install RH 6.0 again.  I got all the way
through checking drives, but got a VFS kernel panic when it attempted to
format the 2nd disk.  Oh yeah.. I'm using the updated disk images to evade
recent probs. with the adaptec 2940 controller.  (7880 chipset)

Could this be bad hardware? Cables? Drives?