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Sindi Keesan wrote

> Message from Steven
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> Sindi wrote:
> > > That's why I suggested the Slackware scsi.s kernel,
> > > which has all possible scsi drivers compiled into
> > > the kernel.  The scsi.s kernel should be able to
> > > identify the SCSI drive, mount the root filesystem
> > > and then start BL3.

Will it let you know which scsi controller you have?
> > You could also use DSL or another live CD
>
> Will a live CD actually work on that old PC?

If it can boot from CD, possibly.
Since it uses modules, it lets you know which one your controller uses.

> > to see which scsi controller module got loaded,
>
> Or you could use the Slackware scsi.s bootdisk.
> That should work on any SCSI system.

But then how do you know what to put into your own kernel, or what module 
to use?

> > then compile a kernel with that driver (probably
> > aic7xxx).
>
> Slackware 7.1 also has individual kernels with
> specific scsi drivers (i.e. aic7xxx).  They are
> much smaller than the scsi.s kernel.

Still much bigger than any kernel you or I have compiled.

> > If your big kernel does not have a controller
> > driver, why answer Y instead of M to the other
> > scsi driver questions?
>
> I dunno, I've got no experience with SCSI stuff.
> I selected Y on those SCSI settings because I
> copied the Slackware bare.i kernel config.

I suggest changing the Y to M for all scsi stuff.
That worked for me.

> > It makes the kernel much larger
>
> Ideally, people will (eventually) compile a kernel
> that precisely matches their hardware.  That will
> give them the smallest, most efficient kernel.

Nobody but you, David Moberg and I have compiled BL kernels, that I know 
of.

> > and you still cannot use it to boot from scsi
> > drive.
>
> The bzimage.big was not designed to boot from
> a SCSI drive.  Putting in all the possible SCSI
> drivers would make it *much* bigger, and it would
> be more likely to crash on non-SCSI systems.

I am suggesting you either change Y to M for all the scsi stuff, or 
add aic7xxx.

> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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