I had the same problem with my AHA152x SCSI board, and I found I can do a
insmod aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7,1,1,0,500,0 and the system would recognize
the card and tape drive. My question is, if I use the same comand in
modules.config things go way wrong and sound won't work, the nic card can't
be found etc. Is there another way of adding this to the modules.config si
this won't happen?
On Tuesday 20 March 2001 15:56, you wrote:
> Oh boy, where to start.
>
> Let's see if I can give you a definitive answer here since I have spent the
> best part of 3 months attempting to get this board to show.
>
> 1) Adaptec claim that this board does not run under unix. Nevertheless
> there is a driver for the board in /lib/modules/aha152x.
>
> 2) Searching both generally and through dejanews on aha152x and adaptec
> amongst other search strings :o) produces large volumes of mails, many
> unanswered requests for assistance, also one or two smug biggers saying
> something along the lines of 'can't understand it, mine works perfectly'.
> (One of the most irritating responses to get to an enquiry.)
>
> 3) One of the mails I turned up said that a batch of these boards had been
> incorrectly silk-screened and that the jumper ids were falsely identified.
> The diagram in the manual (available from the Adaptec site) is the one to
> use as a reference. The significance of this being that you have one irq
> jumpered only to find that it is actually another.
>
> 4) OK, the nitty gritty. You need to set jumpers for the port and irq that
> you will be using. I found that 11 and 340 work for me, they do not
> conflict with anything. The alternatives are irq 9, 10, 11 or 12 I think
> and either 140 or 340 for ports. The manual suggests that under windows you
> are reccomended to use 9 and 340 ISTR.
>
> 5) Try modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x340,11,7,1,1,0,500,0, if this succeeds it
> sets :
>
> port 340
> irq 11
> scsi id 7
> recconect enabled
> parity enabled
> synchronous disabled
> delay 500ms
> extended translation disabled
>
> I have seen suggestions that this command can be used with just 2, or 3
> parameters (port, irq and scsi id)
>
> 6) If this works you can then think about modifying modules.conf to do this
> at boot time.
>
>
> BTW although my machine now recognises the scsi if it still resolutely
> fails to pick up the Seagate Travan drive :o(
>
> regards
>
> Daryl Johnson
> Proplan Associates
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of RODRIGUES Nuno
> > Sent: 20 March 2001 01:27
> > To: NEWBIE ENG
> > Subject: [newbie] Installing an Adaptec AHA-15x5 SCSI adapter
> >
> >
> > Hi
> > Has anyone get working an Adaptec AHA-15x5 SCSI adapter under
> > mandrake 7.2 ?
> > I tried to use the adaptec cards shown in the install list but none was
> > recognized....
> > thanks
