New Subject (not about moving the lug)

[Robert Dege]

You say you're timid about working on this system.  I assume that's
because it's some sort of inportant server.  So 1st, make a backup of the
system, either via network, tar, tape, cd-burner, etc.  I would personally
stay away from upgrading the machine.  That's seems to have a higher
percentage of failing &|| causing problems then to work with getting the
SCSI Drive identified.

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First things first.  During the SCSI POST, is the Drive found?  If not,
then you should dbl-check your connections, terminations & id assignement.

Second, once linux is finished booting, do `dmesg | more`.  See what's
getting identified upon boot.  You said that the SCSI is found.  Are any
devices found or attached?

If you're kernel is a Mandrake stock kernel, then you're most likely
working with modules.

SCSI support - scsi_mod.o
SCSI Card - (depends upon card)
SCSI HDD - sd_mod.o

You can do an `lsmod` to see what modules are currently loaded.  Most
likely, you just need to `insmod sd_mod` to tell linux to support SCSI
Drives.

Finally, you can `cd /proc/scsi`.  This will tell you what the kernel sees
in relation to anything SCSI on your system.


Dege

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