There's a long thread about this on this list with several approaches, but the simplest is to use a rescue floppy with only aic7xxx support on it.
Here's a pointer to a rescue floppy image that worked for me. ftp://kalle.csb.ki.se/pub/resc1440.bin-only-aic7xxx Luck, Pann On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 16:04, peter gorman wrote: > I recently purchased a copy of Debian Linux version 2.1 along with a > book. Upon trying to install, I discovered that the kernel fails to > detect my SCSI adapter and hangs. I understand that this is a know bug, > and that there is a possible work-around by adding the aix7xxx=no_probe > option at boot time. > Could you tell me the exact syntax of that option - what exactly do I > enter at the > boot: > prompt to turn off autodetection of the Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card? -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
