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On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 08:31, roncordell@attbi.com wrote:
Hi all,
I seem to have a problem with installing SuSE (or any Linux, for that matter) on a system with multiple SCSI adapters. I think the problem is how the system is configured, not with SuSE or Linux itself, so I was hoping someone could tell me what I might be doing wrong.
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
First off, all controller cards should be set to ID 7. Most people don't know (or maybe this has changed) that ID 7 is given the highest priorty for access, with access priorties assigned downward, I.E. 6 next then 5 then 4 and so on. This is why adapter cards are set to ID 7 by default. SCSI ID's pertain only to the card itself and NOT across all cards installed so all of your cards can have ID 7 and you can have more than one device use an ID so long as they are not on the same card. Second, there have been a lot of emails on this list concerning this issue and you most likely need to use "safe mode" (acpi=off, apm=off) since the default of having these features turned on break a lot of installs. Ken Schneider