I've decided that I want to take a serious interest into Linux starting with Mandrake. I've downloaded and burned the Mandrake 7.0-2 ISO but when I set my bios (on a Tekram Dual PII 400, Quantam Atlas IV 160/M with a HP9200i CDR/W) to boot from cd or I try to install from floppy I get nothing. The kernel boots and loads but when it starts checking the pci bus it just sits there. The installation goes no further. Question I have to ask is: Does the latest kernel (2.2.14 I think) support the AHA-29160 (i.e. aic-7899 chipset in PCI...not motherboard format)?? I checked the hardware compatibility list and the aic-789X is on the list as well as the AHA-29XX. If it does support my SCSI card am I looking in the wrong direction? I did have an older version (of Mandrake) installed on my pc but that was with a Tekram DC39U2W (I think) SCSI card. That is the only piece of equipment I have changed since then. Any insight would be appreciated.
