Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread Daniel Anderson

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

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Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread Robert Fargher

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. 

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Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread Daniel Anderson

   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.

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Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread Brian Schroeder

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.

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Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread civileme

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

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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.


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Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-24 Thread James

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

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