you could always recompile the kernel with direct support for the scsi
chipset instead of using modules
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Tindle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Mixing IDE and SCSI
> >I don't seem to have experienced the same problems you have..
> >I have a motherboard that has Adapted 7880 on board..
>
> Your motherboard also will have a SCSI BIOS, as a "real" AHA-152x
> card would. My hardware is different- I do *not* have a SCSI BIOS,
> nor do I need one- I don't need to boot off any drive in my SCSI
> chain. I have only the AIC-6360 chip itself.
>
> What I'm afraid of is that the aha152x kernel module Mandrake 6.0
> uses looks for a BIOS signature, instead of taking your word that
> the hardware is indeed present at the specified io port and irq.
> If so, that's a problem. In the past, I would just use a kernel
> that contained SCSI support and would pass it io, irq, and SCSI
> id, and all was well.
>
> Now I'm out of luck. Sometimes the "new, improved" installation
> stuff is a step *backward*.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Ken Tindle, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Could you please continue the petty
> University of Kentucky | bickering? I find it most intriguing."
> Language Lab | Data, STTNG, from "Haven"
