Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
Brian Schroeder wrote: > I was able to get an old Adaptec 1522 card and 2G SCSI disk a few years > back, which I put into a pentium machine. I had all sorts of problems > getting it to work properly. There seemed to be conflicts with the sound > card and with the network card. None of the problems jumped out at me > and said "here I am", most were worked out by examining the /proc files > and by trial-and-error. I was able to get some documentation from > Adaptec's > web site, and spent a lot of time moving jumpers on the card. > > Ultimately this did get me there! At install time, Mandrake didn't auto- > sense the card straight away, but when I told it that it was there, it > did > see it and picked up all the settings properly (eg. IRQ) without me > having > to tell it explicitly. > > This route may be worth you trying. > > Brian. > > >> From: Robert Fargher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> On Monday 25 February 2002 06:06, Daniel Anderson wrote: >> > Hi, >> > After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the >> > error ,"can't locate module aha152x".The module does exist,so I >> guess the >> > card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a >> > better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and >> everything? >> > >> > > modprobe aha152x >> > > alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... >> > > or in lilo.conf >> > > append="aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... >> >> I've just gone through a similar situation with an AVA-1505 card. It >> uses >> ioport 0x340 and irq 10 (or 11, can't remember just now). Try this at >> the >> command line, as root: >> modprobe aha152x io=0x340 irq=10 (try 11 if 10 doesn't work). >> >> On my AVA-1505 card, the above works and "lsmod" shows that the >> module is >> loaded. If I then do a "modprobe sr_mod", I get to use my SCSI cdrom. >> >> I automate the loading of the kernel modules, by putting the two >> modprobe >> lines as the last two lines in /etc/rc.local. That is the only way I've >> managed to get them to work; specifically, they won't work from an >> initrd. >> But I'm going to try the "append="aha152x=." route next and see what >> happens. >> >> This SCSI card was not picked up by the installer for Mandrake 8.2 >> beta 2, >> nor did the installer allow me to manually configure the card. A >> post-install manual configuration is the only way that works. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Rob >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > _ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, no new computers are being based on ISA legacy cards or bus, so don't expect a lot of development in that area. ISA was always pesky and hard to detect, and manual interrupt jumpers were great for geeks and fearsome for everyone else, and PlugNPray was about equally unsatisfactory for everyone. The tools are there to manage the system with some effort, but are being discontinued in newer systems (as a general trend). For example, some boot and install kernels no longer have modules to support the 1995/96 non-ATAPI CD drives that were attached to ISA sound cards. This is not necessarily a bad thing. A mature 6.1 system can serve very nicely on those older machines with the 2.2.19 kernel and perform better than the more modern stuff which is oriented toward more resources than one can conveniently add to older machines. I remember 6.1 in service on a Shuttle motherboard with two fairly large disks being the fileserver backup and the internet gateway and the mailserver for 15 office productivity machines running 7.0 or 7.1 for about a year without one single second of downtime and no reboots. Needless to say, one will learn a _lot_ more linux on 6.1 than on 8.1, and that learning is forced if one wants to use it. Of course there is a barrier in terms of updates, but we still produce updates for 7.2 which will generally be adaptable to older systems with a little poking in the SRPMS to correct for the old, non-standard directory structures. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
I was able to get an old Adaptec 1522 card and 2G SCSI disk a few years back, which I put into a pentium machine. I had all sorts of problems getting it to work properly. There seemed to be conflicts with the sound card and with the network card. None of the problems jumped out at me and said "here I am", most were worked out by examining the /proc files and by trial-and-error. I was able to get some documentation from Adaptec's web site, and spent a lot of time moving jumpers on the card. Ultimately this did get me there! At install time, Mandrake didn't auto- sense the card straight away, but when I told it that it was there, it did see it and picked up all the settings properly (eg. IRQ) without me having to tell it explicitly. This route may be worth you trying. Brian. >From: Robert Fargher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Monday 25 February 2002 06:06, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > Hi, > > After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the > > error ,"can't locate module aha152x".The module does exist,so I guess >the > > card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a > > better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and >everything? > > > > > modprobe aha152x > > > alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... > > > or in lilo.conf > > > append="aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... > > I've just gone through a similar situation with an AVA-1505 card. It >uses >ioport 0x340 and irq 10 (or 11, can't remember just now). Try this at the >command line, as root: >modprobe aha152x io=0x340 irq=10 (try 11 if 10 doesn't work). > > On my AVA-1505 card, the above works and "lsmod" shows that the module >is >loaded. If I then do a "modprobe sr_mod", I get to use my SCSI cdrom. > > I automate the loading of the kernel modules, by putting the two >modprobe >lines as the last two lines in /etc/rc.local. That is the only way I've >managed to get them to work; specifically, they won't work from an initrd. >But I'm going to try the "append="aha152x=." route next and see what >happens. > > This SCSI card was not picked up by the installer for Mandrake 8.2 beta >2, >nor did the installer allow me to manually configure the card. A >post-install manual configuration is the only way that works. > >-- >Cheers, >Rob > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
The jumpers are set for io=0x340 irq=9. I dual boot win98se on this machine and it sets up ok, so the card works. I tried modprobe with the correct paramaters and it still won't load. I disabled devfs in case that was the problem but still no go. Does anyone know of a different card that would work with this scanner ,a Microtek ScanMaker E3? If I can get this to work I can kick Windoze off my machine. Thanks, Dan On Monday 25 February 2002 11:43, you wrote: > On Monday 25 February 2002 06:06, Daniel Anderson wrote: > > Hi, > > After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the > > error ,"can't locate module aha152x".The module does exist,so I guess the > > card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a > > better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and > > everything? > > > > > modprobe aha152x > > > alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... > > > or in lilo.conf > > > append="aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... > > I've just gone through a similar situation with an AVA-1505 card. It uses > ioport 0x340 and irq 10 (or 11, can't remember just now). Try this at the > command line, as root: > modprobe aha152x io=0x340 irq=10 (try 11 if 10 doesn't work). > > On my AVA-1505 card, the above works and "lsmod" shows that the module is > loaded. If I then do a "modprobe sr_mod", I get to use my SCSI cdrom. > > I automate the loading of the kernel modules, by putting the two modprobe > lines as the last two lines in /etc/rc.local. That is the only way I've > managed to get them to work; specifically, they won't work from an initrd. > But I'm going to try the "append="aha152x=." route next and see what > happens. > > This SCSI card was not picked up by the installer for Mandrake 8.2 beta > 2, nor did the installer allow me to manually configure the card. A > post-install manual configuration is the only way that works. -- 2:36pm up 17 days, 6:16, 1 user, load average: 1.13, 1.21, 1.23 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
On Monday 25 February 2002 06:06, Daniel Anderson wrote: > Hi, > After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the > error ,"can't locate module aha152x".The module does exist,so I guess the > card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a > better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and everything? > > > modprobe aha152x > > alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... > > or in lilo.conf > > append="aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... I've just gone through a similar situation with an AVA-1505 card. It uses ioport 0x340 and irq 10 (or 11, can't remember just now). Try this at the command line, as root: modprobe aha152x io=0x340 irq=10 (try 11 if 10 doesn't work). On my AVA-1505 card, the above works and "lsmod" shows that the module is loaded. If I then do a "modprobe sr_mod", I get to use my SCSI cdrom. I automate the loading of the kernel modules, by putting the two modprobe lines as the last two lines in /etc/rc.local. That is the only way I've managed to get them to work; specifically, they won't work from an initrd. But I'm going to try the "append="aha152x=." route next and see what happens. This SCSI card was not picked up by the installer for Mandrake 8.2 beta 2, nor did the installer allow me to manually configure the card. A post-install manual configuration is the only way that works. -- Cheers, Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
Hi, After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the error ,"can't locate module aha152x".The module does exist,so I guess the card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and everything? Thanks, Dan On Sunday 24 February 2002 21:37, you wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:03:24 -0500 > > > The module to be used is the aha 152x generally requiring recompiling of > the kernel unless you know the necessary id # etc. to put into > moudules.conf > > modprobe aha152x > alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... > or in lilo.conf > append="aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... > > or a combination of similar setup configurations... > > It has been some time since I did that and modules have > changed slightly since LM 6.x days...Sorry for the ambiguities... > HTH and/or someone else has more specific parameters > Try gkoogle for; > aha 1502 linux > > Let me know how it goes... > > > William Bouterse > Talkeetna, Ak -- 8:59am up 17 days, 38 min, 1 user, load average: 1.27, 1.07, 1.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:03:24 -0500 Daniel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have a Microtek Scanmaker E3 with an addaptec ava 1502-a scsi card, both > of which are reported to work with Mandrake Linux , according to the > supported hardware list. However I can't seem to find a module for this card. > A generic module maybe? Can anyone tell me how to set this up? I'm running > Linux Mandrake 8.1 with the 2.4.8-26mdk kernel. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dan Dan, If kudzu doesn't see it when you boot up, you can try what I did with my cdrom burner. Put in disk one of the installer. Tell it you don't have any other disks, chose update and don't chose any packages. The "re-install" goes real quick and in my case picked up the cdrom-burner and activated it. James > -- > 7:55pm up 16 days, 11:35, 1 user, load average: 1.15, 1.03, 1.01 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
Hi, I have a Microtek Scanmaker E3 with an addaptec ava 1502-a scsi card, both of which are reported to work with Mandrake Linux , according to the supported hardware list. However I can't seem to find a module for this card. A generic module maybe? Can anyone tell me how to set this up? I'm running Linux Mandrake 8.1 with the 2.4.8-26mdk kernel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dan -- 7:55pm up 16 days, 11:35, 1 user, load average: 1.15, 1.03, 1.01 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
