[nflug] SCSI PCI

[David J. Andruczyk]

That implies working, but NOT NECESSARILY bootable...

for a SCSI card to be bootable it has to have a bios
that supports booting. (which displays info  beforehte
system begins it's bootups sequence)

On many cards you can TURN OFF the boot bios ability
from the scsi card's configuration.


--- Eric Benoit <eric at bootz.us> 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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-- David J. Andruczyk


       
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