[nflug] SCSI PCI

Eric Benoit eric at bootz.us
Wed May 23 12:22:41 EDT 2007


but Cyber, I was able to install fedora on the SCSI drive... doesn't 
that imply that I have a working card?

Cyber Source wrote:
> Eric Benoit wrote:
>   
>> Correct, GRUB never shows up in the beginning of  a boot, I've told
>> the BIOS to boot bootable addon on cards first, there are no IDE Hard
>> Drives.  I'm not sure, but is it possible that my board may not
>> support booting from PCI, I thought bootable addon cards was meant for
>> PCI?
>>
>> The Host Bus Adapter, the cable, and the SCSI Drive are all compatible
>> with each other... that is not the issue.
>>
>> Eric Benoit wrote:
>>     
>>> fedora installed it on /dev/sda
>>>
>>> justin.bennett at dynabrade.com wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Where did you install your boot loader when you instelled the OS?
>>>> /dev/sda?
>>>>
>>>> If you don't get any bootloader prompt then, either the bios is not
>>>> set to look at the scsi card or the bootloader is not installed
>>>> where it wants.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Justin Bennett
>>>> Network Administrator
>>>> Dynabrade, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *eric at bootz.us*
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>>>> 05/23/2007 10:58 AM
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>>>>     Re: [nflug] SCSI PCI
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>>>> BIOS is set to boot bootable addon card
>>>>
>>>> Quoting justin.bennett at dynabrade.com:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Could be a few things.
>>>>>
>>>>> Simpilist First.
>>>>> Is your PC Bios set to boot from the SCSI controller, then make
>>>>>           
>>>> sure in
>>>>         
>>>>> the scsi Bios is set to boot from the correct scsi drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Justin Bennett
>>>>> Network Administrator
>>>>> Dynabrade, Inc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> eric at bootz.us
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>>>>> 05/23/2007 10:39 AM
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>>>>> Subject
>>>>> [nflug] SCSI PCI
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi I install a LSI PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter and a SCSI drive.
>>>>> I then installed Fedora on the SCSI drive.
>>>>> After install and reboot my screen displays no operating system
>>>>>           
>>>> found.
>>>>         
>>>>> Do I need to pass special parameters to the kernel for grub? Or is
>>>>> there some other step I am missing?
>>>>>
>>>>> THanks for your help,
>>>>> eric
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> Can you at least get to the scsi bios? This would ensure that you at
> least have a working card, i.e., no irq problems, etc.. Then check
> inside the scsi bios to make sure you can see the drive and have that
> set to boot. If you installed to this drive the way it's connected, it
> is probably not set to boot the drive, either in your bios or scsi bios.
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