Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 09:48:49 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Kaszeta <kaszeta@me.umn.edu> To: "Hal (DCI)" <hal@faamsnet.com> Cc: nelson@imat.com, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2940U2W Status Message-ID: <14050.40929.688591.934500@bofh.me.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990307053615.15971A-100000@server.faamsnet.com> References: <19990306151909.A828@seahunt.imat.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.990307053615.15971A-100000@server.faamsnet.com>
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Hal (DCI) writes ("Re: 2940U2W Status"):
>Well Michael,
>
>I'm trying to install a Quantum VikingII using the 2940U2W starting with a
>revised image from floppy for 2.0.36 that sees the disk correctly,
>controller, Ethernet card and CD-ROM without a hitch.
>
>Proceed to fdisk, then on to installing linux 2.0.35 from CD-ROM, patching
>the source up to 2.0.36, relinking linux to /usr/src/2.0.36, copying the
>/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/def.config.2.0.36 to /usr/src/linux/.config.
>Doing a make menuconfig putting in all the goodies necessary.
>
>Reboot WHAM!! we get:
>
> VFS: unable to mount fs 08:01
>
>LILO is installed at the MBR, should it be installed at another location?
I foound that I had to disable LBA on the SCSI controller before I
could get lilo to work with it. When the machine is booting, do a
ctrl-a to get the scsi config, and diable the "DOS support for drives
larger than 1 GB" or somesuch. It's under advanced options.
--
Richard W Kaszeta Graduate Student/Sysadmin
bofh@me.umn.edu University of MN, ME Dept
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta
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