Hello Civileme !
On Tue, 29 May 2001, Civileme wrote:
> You are not quite out of the woods yet.
>
> Now to install you need to run the regular install CD boot from it, type F1
> at the splash screen and then type expert
>
> On the first screen you will not add any modules from a floppy
>
> on the second you will tell it to use the advansys adapter.
>
> Then you should enjoy a graphical install.
You know, when I got that error message in point of install filesystem,
I just switch to tty2 and do 'modprobe advansys', then I go back to the
installation processes with success.
Everything is installed and the machine is up and running now. :-)
Many thanks again.
LinuxKH
---
"A real newbie learning to swim in Linux sea"
>
> Civileme
>
>
> On Monday 28 May 2001 21:53, you wrote:
> > Hello again !
> >
> > Thanks a lot Civileme and all.
> >
> > Woo-Hoo...it works great !
> > Just do: '# modprobe advansys'
> >
> > Now, it's time for more advantures on the way to set it up as a multi
> > services (Firewall, Apache, Squid, DNS, Samba, NFS,...) server for a LAN
> > of 30 PCs.
> >
> > So, some more questions would be later...
> >
> > LinuxKH
> > ---
> > "A real newbie learning to swim in Linux sea"
> >
> > On Mon, 28 May 2001, Civileme wrote:
> > > On Monday 28 May 2001 03:30, you wrote:
> > >
> > > It is not seeing the Advansys SCSI adapter, possibly because the initrd
> > > is not loading properly.
> > >
> > > This may be an error in media or in the driver itself.
> > >
> > > DO this
> > >
> > > At the splash screen hit F1 and type "rescue" without the quotes.
> > >
> > > then type
> > >
> > > # modprobe advansys
> > >
> > > If that does not work, then we have a kernel driver problem.
> > >
> > > To alleviate this, we have alternate install images
> > >
> > > Look at the CD with a running system, in the folder /images/alternatives
> > > and find the file
> > >
> > > cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5
> > >
> > > copy it to a floppy with
> > >
> > > dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/alternatives/cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5 of=/dev/fd0
> > >
> > > Or under dos, get to the directory and use the program rawrite to move
> > > that image to a floppy. A dos window on 95 or 98 will work just as well.
> > > rawrite versions do not appear to work under WindowsME.
> > >
> > > And then use that floppy to begin installation--it should find and load
> > > the advansys.o module.
> > >
> > > Once the installation is done, the initrd.img should have the advansys
> > > drive in it, so that booting should not be a problem.
> > >
> > > Civileme
>
