Vincent, Since there is no further info to add I am replying directly to you rather than the lists - if we can make any progress I will send another note to the list. >> Is there an introduced (between RH5.2 and M6.0) bug with Adaptec 1542 >> controllers? >> >> I have tried installing (RH6.0 - Mandrake variety) on a couple of machines >> (Gigabyte motherboards, 166MHz Pentium/350 AMD, AHA1542, IBM 9Gb HD, NE2000 >> NIC) and I get similar, intermittant problems - most of the time I can >> install OK up to the point of writing an emergency boot floppy OR writing >> the MBR on the SCSI HD OR trying to find the NE2000 NIC - the drives won't >> mount and and the NIC can't be found. >> >> I have gone back to RH5.2 for this situation - I did not have any trouble at >> all with RH6.0 on a Gigabyte motherboard, 350 AMD, NCR SCSI, Seagate 9Gb HD, >> DEC NIC. >> >> Anyone know what is going on? - there seems to be some indication from the >> lists that there are problems with AHAs. > >This is actually quite funny... I've got the reverse problem. I bought >RH5.2 when it came out and couldn't use it because I had nothing but >problems with it and the AHA1542 modules. I could never even get to the >RPM selection with it, upgrade or install, so I had to always go back to >5.1 which worked like a champ. RedHat 6.0 and Mandrake 6.0 have given me >no problems at all with the AHA1542 modules, nor has Cassini. I've run it >on a P166MMX and a P2-350 (both genuine Intel). I've also get PCI NE2000 >NICs on both machines and the exact same AHA1542 controller on both. This is pretty weird - at first I suspected a faulty 1542 or SCSI ribbon cable, then I suspected compatibility of the IBM drive, then when I had the same problems on a different computer, all that was left was the software. >From your experience it seems it can't be the software - maybe some odd CMOS thing? Regards, Phil. Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Mobile: +61:0411-185-652 (active again) Fax: +61:2:9929-5312 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
