Uh, quick question... Is your first disk scsi or IDE ? If it's also scsi,
you just need to make sure that you SCSI ID on the first drive is 0 and go
up from there...
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Wayne Pascoe (GiT) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jonathan Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: linux newbie list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 September 1998 15:45
Subject: Re: [RE: New Disk]
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Well so far, I haven't been able to get a response from the list. This is
the
>> seond time that I tried to add another disk to an existing system using
SCSI
>> controllers. The first time out, I had no choice but to re-install
everything.
>> It's just so annoying when the system gets screwed up once the second
disk is
>> added. The second disk becomes drive 1 and the machine just won't boot
>> properly. I had some luck forcing drive 1 to be deected first, but just
the
>> same, LILO won't install, swap cannot be used, and the only way to boot
the
>> machine is to use a floppy boot disk.
>>
>Sorry you haven't gotten any help! I am not a scsi expert either but
>what little I know I will share. At one time there was some trouble
>supporting the Adaptec conroller (2940 maybe?). But I don't think this
>is a Linux problem, scsi systems can be set up either to automagically
>assign drive numbers or to manually (usually with jumpers) choose the
>drive numbers. Look into this, you may have to manually do it.
>
