On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:52, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > Hi, > is this a 9.1 bug or what's going on? - > > (1) I installed 9.1 from the boxed pack some while ago on a PCI-IDE > system with ATAPI-CDwriter, USB flat-bed scanner and SCSI 35mm film > scanner. > During 'expert' installation the SCSI card (standard AHA1520) was not > recognised and no option to instal a SCSI host adapter module manually > was offered. It's taken quite a lot of fiddling and advice from a couple > of mailing lists to get the SCSI card set up to be recognised at > boot-up. (By contrast, it was pretty straightforward under 9.0). > > (2) I've just been installing 9.1 (from the same pack) in 'expert' mode > on a Sony SRX51P laptop - nothing remotely resembling SCSI anywhere > around. What happens? - I get the option to install third-party modules > *twice* and a query "How to access SCSI?...." with a whole host of > module choices for SCSI host adapters displayed, including the one 9.1 > refused to recognise when there was *actually* a genuine SCSI card in > the system. > > What gives, anybody? > > DougB
No such problems in my experience. Recognises SCSI when it's there, only does what's necessary for ATAPI CD-R drives when it's not - have to admit I didn't bother using 'expert' install though. Paul M.
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