, Chirag wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Gregory T. Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: How to make SCSI only bootup
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> Hi
>
> > The "2FA:"
- Original Message -
From: Gregory T. Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: How to make SCSI only bootup
Hi
> The "2FA:" prompt is generated by mbr... it looks like it doesn't know
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 12:56:28PM +, David Wright was only
escaped alone to tell thee:
> The BIOS needs to be able to read from the boot device without any
> assistance from linux. If you're getting 2FA, then that task is done.
> Now lilo needs to read the kernel from the partition where
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
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> i have a SCSI only system and i am not too sure how to load the drivers for
> it to enable it to boot up. I have specified the SCSI disk to be the boot
> disk and it has written the boot/lilo onto it which is good, but when i
> boot the machine i
The "2FA:" prompt is generated by mbr... it looks like it doesn't know
which partition to boot (you haven't gotten far enough to require the
SCSI drivers yet). Just as a guess, I'd say that you didn't flag the
relevant partition as "active" when you partitioned the disk.
Try pressing "2" when you
I have the same problem with an aic7870 scsi controller. Please let me know if
you find a way to boot it.
Patrick
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 10:43:57AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hiya
>
> i have a SCSI only system and i am not too sure how to load the drivers for
> it to enable it to boot
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 10:43:57AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was only
escaped alone to tell thee:
> what other alternative is there to make the SCSI boot up without the need
> of a floppy?
Is this another aha-2940 problem? :)
What SCSI adapter do you have? Stock Debian install boot disks come
Hiya
i have a SCSI only system and i am not too sure how to load the drivers for
it to enable it to boot up. I have specified the SCSI disk to be the boot
disk and it has written the boot/lilo onto it which is good, but when i
boot the machine i only get 2FA:
I presume the SCSI disk needs the dr
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