From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Mitchell Subject: Re[2]: new install - SCSI support problem Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:43:45 -0500 Message-ID: <20050315114219.1863.NICK@niteconline.com> References: <4236F6BB.27221.1412BB59@localhost> <42370F5D.2090803@gelm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <42370F5D.2090803@gelm.net> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: chuck@gelm.net Cc: dermot@sciencephoto.co.uk, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Is there not a CD Image with the LSI Logic MegaRaid 320-1SCSI controller already compiled in? Nick On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:37:49 -0500 chuck gelm wrote: > > I did a make bzImage and that file is 1590511. Is it possible to boot > > from this? > > > > Thanx. > > Dp. > > Hi, Dp: > > It is possible to format HD floppies to 1.68 Megabytes; > superformat /dev/fd0u1680 > > My Slackware v10.1 floppy bootdisk is type 'umsdos'. > It seems to me that you might be able to squeeze the > necessary items onto a HD floppy formatted to 1.68 Megabytes. > From this boot floppy, perhaps, you could mount your > root filesystem on your LSI Logic MegaRaid 320-1SCSI controller. > > You could install a supported (IDE/SCSI) controller card and > drive(s) and install to them, then mount the new controller's drives > after you obtain kernel support. > > HTH, Chuck > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nick Mitchell Network Security Specialist Nitec Security Voice - 302.542.7992 The invention of IQ does a great disservice to creativity in education. - Joel Hildebrand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~