From: David Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>I am attempting to install Linux (either Debian potato or
>RH6.2, whatever I
>can get to work) on an old 486 fitted with an Adaptec 1542CP
>SCSI adapter.
>
>Now, I thought this card was supposed to be supported but
>neither the Debian
>or Redhat installers will recognise it.
>
>I am thinking that maybe what I need to do is pass appropriate boot
>parameters, which seems to be what the RH hardware
>compatibility page is
>saying but I don't know how to concoct the correct numbers.
>
>First of all, can anyone tell me definitely whether
>both/either installers
>support this card? If so what would the boot time argument be?
>
>The card is currently on base address 130, IRQ 11 and DMA 5.
>I don't even
>know if these are appropriate, I'm not much of an ISA person.
I usually use addr 330, IRQ11, DMA5 but those params should be fine. I'm
pretty sure the 1542 drivers are on the Red Hat default install. I've had
my old 486 with 1542B, 1542CF and a 1740 (EISA) in 1542 emulation mode
working fine.
I know this is really kludgy, but if you boot from a Win9x emergency boot
disk does the 154x driver find the card properly?
John Wiltshire
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