I run an AHA152x, which i believe is pretty much the same but without the
floppy interface and a bit slower, so i'll try and help...
> I'm trying to get my Adaptec AHA 1542b scsi card to work with my linux
> system.... I have gotten it working under Windblows but linux doesn't
> seem to like it, if I answer yes to having a scsi card during the
> instalation it gets past the module stuff then tries to scan the card
> and crashes, in expert mode it's been telling me that there was a
> timeout expecting some sort of response and it just goes in an infinite
> loop. I figure that it would be too lucky that someone here would be
> running the same scsi card but if you could give me a hand figuring out
> what is happening and how to recompile the kernel with scsi support.
I've not had problems with anything crashing but mine will do this 'looping'
if i try to start Linux without the card installed. Have you supplied the
correct parameters to the module during installation (IRQ, IO, etc. - i can
look up exactly what needs to be supplied tonight if you need)
> Second question: How do I get my scsi zip drive working, after I've got
> this scsi card working, is it simular to floppy/cdrom or is there more I
> have to add to it?
Basically, this is exactly what i did with my SCSI card (and thinking about
it i just removed it so i'll have this problem next time i boot Linux!).
Once you get the previous problem solved, everything else is easy.
Set up a mount point and add the entry into the fstab file. The device for a
scsi Zip disk will be '/dev/sda4' if you only have the zip drive connected
on the scsi chain or '/dev/sdb4' if it's the second device etc.
Don't know why it's sda4, it just always is - again i can supply more
detailed instructions if you need. All the info is in the FAQ for zip
drives, but i appreciate that it's often better to be helped.
> Third: How do I mount apple (macintosh) formated disks?
>
> Andre
Sorry don't know anything about macintosh's.
