Re: CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joshua Uziel) writes: What is the SCSI adapter tipically inside an Ultra 5? Which kind of SCSI support I should put in the kernel? Ultra 5's don't come with SCSI... they've got IDE only unless you have a SCSI controller added to it. To answer your question, it would matter on which SCSI controller (if any) you've added to it. You can use the NCR/Symbios/LSI chips 810a or 875 as they are supported by the PROM (Bios) of the Ultra 5's. Just get a cheap (PC) 875 PCI controller and remove the bios chip from the card (if possible). I tested it with a DawiControl controller. The 810a should work too as the Solaris driver supports it ... Rainer
Re: Re: CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
Thank you for your kind replies. Joshua, due to the fact that I found the SCSI adapter already inside my Ultra5 I supposed it as being a common feature of all new Ultra5 and I wondered if this could be a standard one. So this is an answer also to Rainer that, if I understood well, is suggesting to me some good SCSI adapter to buy. Probably it could have been a good choice to issue prtconf command under Solaris before erasing it with Linux, in order to probe all the hardware my Ultra5 have inside (graphics, ethernet, SCSI adapter and so on). There is not any similar command in Linux, is there? Thank you again. Roberto Giorgetti Milan - Italy What is the SCSI adapter tipically inside an Ultra 5? Which kind of SCSI support I should put in the kernel? Ultra 5's don't come with SCSI... they've got IDE only unless you have a SCSI controller added to it. To answer your question, it would matter on which SCSI controller (if any) you've added to it. You can use the NCR/Symbios/LSI chips 810a or 875 as they are supported by the PROM (Bios) of the Ultra 5's. Just get a cheap (PC) 875 PCI controller and remove the bios chip from the card (if possible). I tested it with a DawiControl controller. The 810a should work too as the Solaris driver supports it ... Rainer
Re: CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
RG wrote: Probably it could have been a good choice to issue prtconf command under Solaris before erasing it with Linux, in order to probe all the hardware my Ultra5 have inside (graphics, ethernet, SCSI adapter and so on). There is not any similar command in Linux, is there? Yes, it's called prtconf. It should be installed on your system already (sparc-utils), together with 'eeprom' etc. Regards, Pieter
Re: CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
* RG [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001228 04:41]: By the way, I am now compiling the kernel (thank you for answer to my previous question: egcs64) are not valid, what have I to make? make vmlinux What is the SCSI adapter tipically inside an Ultra 5? Which kind of SCSI support I should put in the kernel? Ultra 5's don't come with SCSI... they've got IDE only unless you have a SCSI controller added to it. To answer your question, it would matter on which SCSI controller (if any) you've added to it.
CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
One of the reason I installed (with a lot of satisfaction) Debian/sparc on Ultra5 is to use SCSI adapter to connect and use a CD Writer. Have anyone alread done this? What kind of burner do you suggest to me? By the way, I am now compiling the kernel (thank you for answer to my previous question: egcs64) the usual commands: make bzImage or make zImage are not valid, what have I to make? What is the SCSI adapter tipically inside an Ultra 5? Which kind of SCSI support I should put in the kernel? Thank you for your patience. Roberto Giorgetti.
Re: CD Writer and SCSI adapter on Ultra5
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, RG wrote: [sorry, i don't know about cd burners ...] By the way, I am now compiling the kernel (thank you for answer to my previous question: egcs64) the usual commands: ... but about the kernel, try to use kernel-package ... it contains some scripts to compile a new kernel and generate a .deb package with the new kernel and the modules ... bye, esteban make bzImage or make zImage are not valid, what have I to make? What is the SCSI adapter tipically inside an Ultra 5? Which kind of SCSI support I should put in the kernel? Thank you for your patience. Roberto Giorgetti. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
