[nflug] SCSI PCI

[David J. Andruczyk]

perhaps,  but try a different slot

--- Eric Benoit <eric at bootz.us> wrote:

> hmm no SCSI BIOS, the Host Bus Adapter must be
> incompatible with my board?
> 
> Cyber Source wrote:
> > Eric Benoit wrote:
> >   
> >> 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*
> >>>>>> Sent by: nflug-bounces at nflug.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 05/23/2007 10:58 AM
> >>>>>> Please respond to
> >>>>>> nflug at nflug.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     To
> >>>>>>     nflug at nflug.org
> >>>>>> cc
> >>>>>>     Subject
> >>>>>>     Re: [nflug] SCSI PCI
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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
> >>>>>>> Sent by: nflug-bounces at nflug.org
> >>>>>>> 05/23/2007 10:39 AM
> >>>>>>> Please respond to
> >>>>>>> nflug at nflug.org
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> To
> >>>>>>> nflug at nflug.org
> >>>>>>> cc
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 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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> > Yes that's why I said what I did at the end. If it
> booted from a cd to
> > do the install and then the install found it
> obviously and installed to
> > it, then it leads me to think your problem is in
> your bios or scsi bios
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-- David J. Andruczyk


 
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