Okay, I just upgraded my computer to the following:
Soyo mb (not raid, not KT133 via chipset)
Onboard sound
850mhz AMD Duron, 256 megs of DDR RAM
generic 56x IDE CD-ROM
WinTV tuner card
Telsys network card
Geforce2 GT 32meg video card. (agp)
Adaptec 2930 SCSI card for Plextor CDRW.
I had the WinTV tuner card, Adaptec SCSI/Plextor setup in my previous Linux
box, and they worked fine there (exception: install bug for SCSI in boot
kernel adds wait-states, and causes a very long install)
Anyways, I installed v8.0 from the generic 56x CD, and there was a very long
pause after the message about installing the SCSI module. Finally, it went on.
Rest of the install went smoothly, until I got to the desktop itself (I'm
using KDE). First, of all, it takes it about 5 mins to get past the welcome
(many lang.) screen. There was no icon for the burner, nor was there a scsi
entry in /etc/fstab. I tried to add my own, but it said there was an i/o error
regarding that device.
In KDE's system control, it finds the 2930 card, on IRQ 11, but it has a
conflict with the onboard sound, as well as the TV tuner card.
I disabled USB in bios, to free up as many IRQs as I could, I moved the SCSI
card into each slot on the MB (excepting the first slot next to the AGP slot,
since everyone says thats a shared slot and can cause conflicts. I finally
pulled the network card, as well as the TV tuner card. So...with nothing but
the SCSI card, and the video card, I still get IRQ conflicts. I did a "cat
/proc/interrupts, and everything was clear except for the SSI adaptor, and
the TV-Tuncer card and onboard sound still conflicting. (all on same line). I
finally gave up and pulled the Adaptec card as well. Booting up, the 5 min
delay is gone from the welcome screen.
Anyone have any ideas how to get Mandrake 8.0 to recognize my Adaptec/Plextor
combo?
Thanks much! ;-)
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