Only controllers have IO ports and IRQs - not the devices attached to them -
whether it is for SCSI or IDE.
This is how you would do it under Red Hat - I work with Red Hat systems
every day but my desktop is Mandrake so I've installed Red Hat systems many
more times than Mandrake: Pick expert mode install and when you are
specifying the CDROM, pick out the eata driver and check the "specific
module arguments".
The arguments will look like: eata=0x7410
this tells the driver to look for the controller at IO port 0x7410.
Reading over the information in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/eata.c, it looks
like the driver automatically probes for DPT EISA controllers in the range
of 0x1C88 to 0xFC88 but if the IO port of your controller is different you
will have to specify it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ira M. Bargon III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Instalation of Mandrake 7.2 on SCSI Drives using
PM2122a/9x Controller
When you said that i need to pass the io port or the irq to the driver, did
you mean the io port or irq for the scsi controller or the cd-rom. Also what
would be the syntax for that. For instance what would i need to state in
order to give the io port of the device.
Thanks.
Ira
-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Nordin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:01:19 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Instalation of Mandrake 7.2 on SCSI Drives using
PM2122a/9x Controller
It sounds like you have a EISA DPT card -> www.dpt.com may not exist anymore
since adaptec bought them up (so you may have to go to www.adaptec.com).
I've used DPT SCSI controllers in the past and they worked fine (this was on
Unixware). It sounds like you have the correct driver EATA but you may have
to pass the IO port or IRQ to the driver. You should be able to hit some
hotkey at startup and get at the SCSI controller BIOS or download the DPT
configuration sw, either will show you how the card is configured.
One last thing, on hardware RAID controllers like this one, configuring it
usually simple (you might want to download the manuals for the controller
you have); the controller hides the fact that it is a RAID and hence all
operating systems see the RAID as a single disk (albeit a very large one).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ira M. Bargon III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: [expert] Instalation of Mandrake 7.2 on SCSI Drives using
PM2122a/9x Controller
[snip]
Well I went with a Mandrake 7.2 install and couldnt get past step one. I
dont know what scsi driver to use, i tried them all and none of them worked.
Every drive on
this server is scsi. The logo on the controller says DPT CM400. On bootup it
lists as a pm2122a/9x.
I am taking the asummption that the two hardrives are some type of raid
array. I have never done an linux install on scsi so i am definately lost.
Is anyone familiar with the hardware i listed above. Do you know what
drivers i need to use to do the install. I was under the impression that i
need to use one of the EATA drivers. None of these work. If having the raid
configuration is going to be a pain, i will forget about it. Becasue i dont
really see my self doing any hard drive intensive work. This server would
just be for file storage, internet sharing, squid and samba. If anyone has
any information for where i could even start that would be great.
Thanks again.
Ira
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