Re: [expert] aic7xxx module problems.. How can I turn it off?

2000-10-25 Thread eastie
Yeah I think this is what happened... but I can't turn it off in either of those places. I think it's to do with the initial ramdisk that get's installed... is it possible for me to poke around and have a look at what's in it? At 19:28 22/10/00, you wrote: Have you checked lilo.conf or grubs

Re: [expert] aic7xxx module problems.. How can I turn it off?

2000-10-22 Thread eastie
I've played with a bunch of the settings in the SCSI card bios to no avail.. Nothing seems out of place or to be configured incorrectly.. And it's weird because, again, it always works fine in windows but only works intermittently in Mandrake. Could someone out there help me work around this

Re: [expert] aic7xxx module problems.. How can I turn it off?

2000-10-22 Thread BillK
Have you checked lilo.conf or grubs menu.lst (whichever yu are using) - sounds like the install program detected it and set it up to init the card before booting. BillK Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] aic7xxx module problems.. How can I turn it off?

2000-10-20 Thread Gavin Clark
there is a way to drop into the adaptec card's BIOS on startup. poke around and see if any settings look funny (use your best judgement). there is a tool in there which shows you what it can see on the scsi bus. check for termination / device # problems. Sorry I can't be more specific. Gavin

[expert] aic7xxx module problems.. How can I turn it off?

2000-10-20 Thread Tom Eastman
Hello everybody. I have an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card with a hard drive plugged into it. My problem is that, when booting linux, the SCSI card goes into an infinite reset loop about half the time and I can't boot. What is *weird* about this is if my computer has been turned off for a while and