Marcel Pol wrote:
> Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't see a reply yet, so I'll shoot.
> > W2K and OS/2 Warp 4.5 work fine on this machine, but 8.2 PowerPack and
> > 8.2 download editions wouldn't install with this hardware configuration
> > either:
> > Tyan 1846 Tsunami Intel 440BX chipset motherboard w/ AMI BIOS
> > 768 Mb SDRAM
> > P3-450 CPU
> > hda 80 Gb
> > hdc 30 Gb
> > LSI 53c875 HBA (SYM8751SP)
> > Pioneer DVD on SCSI ID 1
> > Yamaha CD-RW on SCSI ID 6
> > All partitions were prepared in advance using a combination of OS/2
> > tools and Partition Magic 5 (like I do for all installs) hda5 on /boot,
> > hda8 on /, hda9 on /home, and hdc6 on swap. Last partitions hda15 &
> > hdc6.
> I always like to let the installer of the OS handle the partitioning and
> formatting.
I've been multibooting nearly as long as I've been booting. I discovered
long ago it is best to stick to a single multipurpose disk management
tool as much as possible in a multiboot environment. Installers have a
bad habit of corrupting previous installations. See URL below.
> > h-<4> sym0:1: ERROR (a0:0) (8-0-0) (8/35/0) @ (mem febbc1b0:febbc1b0)
> > i-<4> sym0: regdump: da 00 00 35 47 08 01 0f 00 08 00 00 80 00 00 0f 02
> > ff e0 b3 2e 02 ff ff ff
> > j-<4>sym0: PCI STATUS = 0x2000
> > k-<4> I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1239700
> > I did eventually get 8.2 to install prior to trying 9.0B2, but only
> > after giving up on SYM SCSI support and installing an ATAPI on hdd just
> > to get 8.2 installed. After finishing the 8.2 install, I removed hdd.
> > Never could make KUDZU work, crashing on each boot without detecting and
> > configuring the SYM SCSI support.
> There are different drivers for the sym cards. You could try a different
> driver if that's possible. But maybe that won't work with a mounted cdrom on
There are only two that are offered during the install. The NCR driver
managed to reverse the HD boot order last time I tried it, but that
doesn't apply on this system with no sd*. The SYM driver it autoselects
appears to be the only appropriate one for these SYM/LSI HBA's.
> the scsi card.... Maybe booting from floppy, and doing a hd install should
> make that possible.
So far I've not found a HOWTO on converting downloaded ISO's into
something I can install from without burning them to CD's first. Is that
what you mean by HD install? I haven't tried a floppy boot/CD install.
I've never needed to do that on an i586/i686 before.
> What was the default driver it uses, and what is the output of "lspcidrake
> -vf". Is there a driver that works better for you?
Is that something that can be done from a rescue boot? The 8.2 install
was blown away trying to install 9.0B2.
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