Help!! I've got a funny >:(( little problem with Debian 1.1.2 (July 96).
My system consists of Motherboard Chaintech 5IFM 64 MB RAM (non-EDO) Graphics Board ELSA WINNER Trio 1000V SCSI Adaptor Asus SC200 with NCR 53c810 IBM DORS 32160 Harddisk Mitsumi CD-ROM FX400 (IDE) First I tried to install Linux using the Debian 1.1.2 Installation Bootdisk (Kernel 2.0.6). This version detected while booting a NCR 53c460A (!!), resulting in an error message like NCR 53c406A: No available ports found Second attempt: Using one of the special Kernels with the NCR53c460A-Option deactivated, I got the system correctly booted, detecting the installed 53c810. But... the modules.tgz of this Version is corrupted (e.g., the NCR 53c460A driver is missing). Third, fourth, fifth attempt: Trying Slackware 2.3, 3.0, 3.1 (Kernel V2.0.0). All versions correctly detected the SCSI-Adaptor. BUT I INSIST IN INSTALLING DEBIAN!! I`ve read all HOWTOS etc. and news, but got no idea to solve this problem. Is there any way to boot with a specified SCSI-Adaptor without recompiling the kernel? Somebody out there who was confronted with the same problem and got through? Or, if there is no way, which parts of my system (libraries, compiler ...) most be up to date for compiling a custom kernel? Please help, I think I'm going nuts!! Thanks, Thanks, Thanks! -- Ulrich Guenzel Geophysikalisches Institut der Universitaet Karlsruhe Hertzstrasse 16 D-76187 Karlsruhe Tel.: 0049 (0)721 608 4594 Fax : 0049 (0)721 71173