I would hazard a guess that perhaps free IRQ's may be the issue.
You may have to play around with your computers bios (if the BP6
is as flexible as the BX6-R2 there are heaps of options).
Then again I may be completely wrong :-)
Michael Perry.
R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tue 29 February 2000 13:39
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] SCSI hidding some EIDE66 drives
>
> I have a ABIT BP6 motherboard
> with 2 ATA33 controlers (unused except a DVD drive)
> and 2 ATA66 controlers (each with a large disk) (these 2 extra controlers
> are handled by a hpt366 chipset)
> I installed Mandrake70gpl without any problems (as far as I could see :-))
> in addition to a win98 system. And I was very happy to be able to use
> Gimp.
>
> This weekend I added a scsi card (2930cu) for a CDwriter and external
> disk.
> Linux does not work any longer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> It sees my DVD drive (EIDE1) and CDwriter (SCSI) and external disk (when
> present) - no problem with the scsi card - but not the EIDE3 & 4 (where it
> is installed).
>
> When trying reinstalling it, it offers to see additional SCSI cards, I
> tried (as on Win98 the hpt366 is seen as a pseudo scsi controler), it can
> see the chipset but in the list of scsi card to be selected, of course it
> doesn't appear!
>
> I am stuck dead!
>
> All suggestion welcome, thanks in advance
>
> Francois
