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From: Buchan Milne <bgmilne@cae.co.za>
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Subject: Re: aic7xxx on floppy disk
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Which card are you running? Have you got a recent firmware? The newer 
driver (default in RH and Mandrake) needs a firmware update on the card. 
You can still use the old driver, I think by hitting F1, choosing 
expert, and then using "modprobe aic7xxx_old" at some point. I am not 
totally sure of this, since I took the approach of updating the firmware.


If you are using Mandrake 8.1, you may also want to try booting from the 
2nd CD, which has 3 alternate images to boot from.



Here is a link to a discussion of this for Mandrake 8.1
http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=788&lang=en

Regards,
Buchan

Dr. Guilherme Regis wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have information about how
> to create an aic7xxx driver on a floppy disk?
> I need it because RHL7.2's and Mandrake's 
> aic7xxx drivers fail during the install. They
> hang after the message: Loading aic7xxx...
> I did not try FreeBSD because the only version
> I have is 4.1, too old.
> My system is: PII-266, Apa-1480, external HD
> SCSI Seagte Cheetah 36GB.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
>   luiz Guilherme Regis Emediato
> 
> 
> 
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