Re: Installing RedHat with Adaptec AHA 1542C SCSI card

[John DeCarlo <jdecarlo mitre org>]

jdecarlo mitre org wrote:

>5) At Alt-F2 I tried running the 'insmod' command by hand.  With no 
>parameters it says "Device or resource busy".  And I have not been able to 
>come up with the right syntax for passing the IRQ, etc. in parameters.  
>'aha1542=', 'aha154x=' (I know the syntax is aha152x= for the 152x series), 
>'aha=', 'irq=', and others less likely have all returned "symbol for 
>parameter module not found".  

and the answer is:

>From: Terrance L Eck <eck ti com>
>Sender: eck sc10 dseg ti com
> I have installed RH5.1 on my computer which has an Adaptec 1542C(or B,
> not sure). When it asks for the SCSI card you should have the option
> of passing scsi parameters. I have to enter "bases=0x330" and the
> install program finds the card. Look in the RedHat Manuel somewhere
> under scsi controllers. The format for entering parameters during
> install is different that the format for lilo.config. Hope this
> helps you in some way.

Indeed, using "bases=0x130" for my card worked wonders.  Thanks a lot!!

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