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["Anthony J. Albert" <albert AT polaris.umpi.maine.edu>]

On 19 Jul 2004 at 11:47, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

>Richard Shaw wrote:
>> 
>> I've download the DOS version of BasicLinux 3.21
>> My 486 has a Future Domain TMC-8XX/TMC-950 SCSI drive 
>> controller, and a seagate drive 
>
>Oh-oh, here comes trouble.
>
>> so I need to use the seagate kernel with loadlin.
>
>You were very clever to work that out.  The BL3 kernel
>is an IDE kernel so it don't know nothing about SCSI.
>However, that's only half your problem solved (and that
>was the easier half).

I have to agree, here ,that the BL2 is probably the way to go; that way 
you can pull a SCSI-aware kernel from the Slackware 7.1 CD.

You'll also more than likely need a driver module for the controller, 
not for the drive.  I have used SCSI CD-ROM and HD before, with 
BasicLinux 1.7, and the troubles that I had were all related to getting 
the right module for the SCSI host adaptor (controller).  Once I had 
that, there were no troubles with needing to load the right disk or 
other drivers.

Haven't used a Future Domain controller w/Linux myself, so I'm not sure 
what's available on the Slackware CDs.  I've been using a combination 
of Adaptec (best supported) and NEC-based controllers.
Anthony Albert
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Systems and Software Support Specialist          Postmaster
Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
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