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roncordell@attbi.com
I seem to have a problem with installing SuSE (or any Linux, for that matter) on a system with multiple SCSI adapters.
M/B - Abit BE6-II 800Mhz P3 768MB Ram, onboard HPT366 IDE (disabled) SCSI Adapter #1 (in PCI slot #2) - Adaptec 2940UW, SCSI ID = 2 - CD R/W Drive, SCSI ID = 1 - DVD Drive, SCSI ID = 5 - Hard Drive #1, SCSI ID = 6 SCSI Adapter #2 (in PCI slot #4) - Adaptec 2940U2W, SCSI ID = 7 - Hard Drive #2, SCSI ID = 0 - Hard Drive #3, SCSI ID = 4
When I place the SuSE 8.2 DVD installation disk, I get the message on the boot screen (BIOS) that a bootable disk is in the DVD drive. The IsoLinux image boots (pretty SuSE 8.2 installation Welcome screen), and I see the progress bar load the image from the DVD. Then the screen goes black, with just a blinking cursor, and hangs there. I don't see any other information that helps me see what's going wrong.
I have tried everything I can think of in BIOS settings, SCSI BIOS settings, etc. to make this work, but nothing seems to help.
Have you tried installing from the CDs? I'm running 8.2 on a system with 2 SCSI cards with no problems, so it is possible. As another poster mentioned it's unusual to set the card(s) to anything other than ID = 7. It's also unusual to set the boot HD to ID = 6 (typically it's ID = 0). The first thing I'd try is setting 1st 2940 to ID = 7. If that doesn't help, set the HD to ID = 0 (this won't conflict with HD#2 which is also set to ID = 0 on the 2nd adapter because they are independent). You'll also need to set the boot device to ID 0 in the 2940 BIOS and enable booting from CD (ctrl-a). Hmm. That may cause a problem because it will probably try to boot from the CD (ID = 1) rather than the DVD (ID = 5). You could avoid this by setting the CD R/W drive to an ID higher than the DVD. BTW, as another poster mentioned, you should be able to run all these devices with one 2940, though it might be easier to leave two in. I commonly run multiple U2W LVD drives and a CD on a 2940U2W. The drives run on the U2W bus and the CD runs on the 8 bit bus. If HD #1 supports U2W, it will be faster if it runs under the U2W adapter. Feel free to take this to email. I've been running SCSI since it was SASI and I think I've seen most of the problems that can occur. HTH, -rex