On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:48 am, Brendan Pike wrote: > Hi People > > I'm new on the list, I've been to a few slug meetings awhile though. > > I am a self-confessed beginner in the linux world. I have a reasonable > comprehensions in using linux but still coming to terms and learning the > basic when it comes to sys admin areas. > > I am trying to install Debian on my server, the server is using an > Adaptec 2005S AIC-7930W scsi controller. The woody 3.0 CD's I have do > not recognise this and I am struggling to come to terms with how to > create a floppy module or compile the driver it into a kernel. > > I found the latest drivers I need at > http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ but after about 6 hours now > haven't managed to get much further (quiet laughing only please, I feel > down enough already). I have tried to get help on the #Debian IRC but > only get told to RTFM, which is fare enough if your competent enough to > understand the manuals. > > I'm looking for a hand to get me over the first few hurdles. If anyone > feels charitable perhaps we could meet on IRC / ICQ? > > Regards > Brendan
Brendan, You are not alone :-) I had a similar problem with my Advansys SCSI controller; system would boot happily off the CD-RW but couldn't find the install packages after the installer loaded and prompted for a driver disk. Here's the basic run-down: 1. Go to your favourite Debian Mirror (I use ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au) 2. Grab the "driver1.img" - "driver4.img" from /pub/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44 appropriate for the kernel you intend to use. The driver[1-4].img files in the path above are for the default kernel, if you want to use the bf2.4 kernel, go to the bf2.4 directory and down-load the drivers there. 3. In Linux (assuming you have another linux box around): dd if=driver1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 repeat with a fresh disk and the next driverX.img file until done. In Windows: Get hold of "rawrite" and follow the instructions using the driver[1-4].img files as the input or image to write. 4. Hint - look at the content of each disk after you've written to see which one has the appropriate driver. 5. Boot your machine and when it comes to the appropriate driver disk, select the driver you need and that's it :-) Good luck. James __________________________ A random quote of nothing: Frankly, Scarlett, I don't have a fix. -- Rhett Buggler -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
