I think what people should be more concerned about in this post is the
fact taht that adapter is a promise IDE 100 controller. Not a SCSI
adapter. Windows just put it into the SCSI adapters because it doesn't
quite understand that it should be listed under Hard Disk Controllers.
Basically, that new drive you bought, the SCSI one, you'll need an actual
SCSI adapter to use it.
Thanks
> ** Reply to message from "Zeljko Vukman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 11 Jan 2001
> 10:47:08 +0100
>
> > Hi Mandrakes,
> > I'm in a little trouble and I hope Mandrake experts could help here.
> > I admit, I never before used SCSI devices, and yesterday when I bought
> > a new computer I got a scsi harddrive quantum fireball 20 Gb. I have no
> > idea how to get it work with my Linux Mandrake 7.1. I tried all scsi
> > options
> > during install but no luck. Mandrake doesn't recognize it at all.
> > I presume that problem is in controler, and windows says that SCSI
> > controller is: Win 95-98 Promise Ultra100(tm) IDE Controler (PDC20265).
> > Is there any way to get it work?
> >
> > Best regards,
>
>
> SCSI is a different beast compared to IDE and it's children. First, you mention
> that Windows sees the controller. Does Windows see the drive? If not, does the
> SCSI BIOS load (should load right after your machine's BIOS and identifies the
> card followed by devices on the SCSI "chain".)?
>
> If the SCSI BIOS doesn't see the drive, the problem is either that the drive is
> not terminated or you are using the same SCSI ID as the controller. Try changing
> the SCSI ID on the drive in this case.
>
> As for termination, Windows seems to deal better with auto-termination than
> Linux does. All SCSI chains must be terminated at both ends of the chain. Most
> controllers handle one end of the chain. You need to provide termination after
> the last SCSI device on the chain. Most devices today allow you to set
> termination on the device itself. If this doesn't work, you may need to pick up
> a terminator and connect it to the SCSI cable.
>
> John LeMay Jr.
> Senior Enterprise Consultant
> NJMC, LLC.
>
>
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
- Douglas Adams
