FYI (since I have a PWS 500au also): So far as I know, if you have an adaptec 2940*UW driver installed, you cannot use SRM to use Linux. You have no option but to go
through AlphaBIOS using Milo, and thence to the CD. The reason is that SRM does not recognize the 2940UW properly, and as a result, although it *appears* to load or
start correctly, SRM will never be able to match your actual drives with what it thinks are your actual drives. To my knowledge, there's no solution for this problem. I don't
believe there's an SRM upgrade that handles the 2940uw versions, but hey, it was a while back when I went through this. I can forward the mails if you want.
Cheers, Ralph
3/10/2001 11:47:41 AM, John Clayton <johnc@osiris.ce.gatech.edu> wrote:
>I have noticed that my CDROM mounts in linux as device hdc - it's ATAPI
>(same as IDE, right?). However, it is being recognized by srm as dkb0, a
>SCSI device. It's also recognized as such by AlphaBios (I also have SCSI
>hard drives). Might this be related to the problem?
>
>John M. Clayton
>EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow
>Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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>On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, John Clayton wrote:
>
>> The install log says "trying to mount device hdc" as the last entry when
>> the error occurs.
>>
>> John M. Clayton
>> EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow
>> Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow
>>
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>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, John Clayton wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to install 7.0 on a pws500a. I have CD's burned with
>> > downloaded image files, and according to other machines the directory
>> > structures are properly written to the CD's.
>> >
>> > I'm forced to install from a boot floppy and ramdisk via SRM. In my
>> > attempts to boot from the first CD, the boot sector was recognized but
>> > the CD could not be subsequently read. Anyway, I get to the text mode
>> > installation screens, but once I select "Local CDROM" in the
>> > Installation Method screen, I get an error:
>> >
>> > "I could not find a Red Hat Linux CDROM in any of your CDROM drives.
>> > Please insert the Red Hat CD and press OK to retry"
>> >
>> > The CD is present. Furthermore, my CDROM drive is locked and I can't open
>> > it to retrieve the CD without rebooting. I know that the correct
>> > directory structure is present on the CD and that all the files are
>> > probably there. Also, the CDROM drive works properly under an existing
>> > version of Linux (6.1, I believe).
>> >
>> > Please help. I checked the archives and didn't see anything to help.
>> >
>> > John M. Clayton
>> > EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow
>> > Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow
>> >
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