On Thu, Dec 7, 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 05:37:40PM -0500, Ken Weingold wrote: > > Sorry for sort of asking the same question again, but I am trying to > > load the Debian 2.1 cdrom but it will not load aic7xxx. I try from > > the boot prompt and then also from a prompt from within the install, > > but it says that it can't find aic7xxx, or aic7xxx=.no_. Can anyone > > help me on this? It's for an Adaptec 2930CU. > > From the bootprompt you must first specify the image name to load > (typically linux) followed by any options.
This is at the bootable CD or floppy prompt. From the boot how-to, I tried 'aic7xxx=extended,no_reset'. So it would be 'linux aic7xxx=extended,no_reset'? I'm not sure what image name it would want when the OS is not installed. > Generally the rescue floppy kernel (which is what you get with the > CD-ROM as well AFAIK) already has the aic7xxx stuff built in. Are you > sure the 2930 is AIC7xxx based? I thought it was Buslogic or > something that Adaptec bought. Yeah, I think it's AIC-7859 or something like that. -Ken -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ScopusFest
