[nflug] SCSI PCI

[Cyber Source]

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*
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>>>>> 05/23/2007 10:58 AM
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>>>>>     Re: [nflug] SCSI PCI
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>>>>>   
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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
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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