On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:54:10 -0800 (PST) Johnny Smith <opensource_powered@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When installing Core-1 on this box I get these > messages 'initially during Boot Up' > > Scsi-ID 1 HP > > SCSI Bios'not installed' > > I have an HP Scanjet 4P attached to this box. > and SANE cannot find the scanner These issues are unrelated. When you boot your system, the SCSI adapter scans the bus looking for bootable devices. If it finds a bootable device, the SCSI BIOS is loaded so you can boot from that device. Unless you were planning on booting from your scanner, I'd have to say the problem is elsewhere... :-) > I'm not really conversant with SCSI.. and am not > sure what I have to do next to deal with the > SCSI Bios'not installed' problem or > exactly what the machine is telling me? First, I assume that the scanner and adapter are known to be working (not defective) and you have a good, working cable and both ends of the scsi bus are properly terminated. Once you've established that much, you'll want to determine if the scanner is detected by the SCSI controller. Run"dmesg" and see if it shows up anywhere in the boot messages (make sure the scanner is powered on when you boot). If you don't see it there, try"cat/proc/scsi/scsi" and see what turns up. From my system: [john@starfleet john]$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: E.08 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: DEC Model: DLT2000 15/30 GB Rev: 840B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: DEC Model: TZ88 (C) DEC Rev: CD50 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: TEAC Model: CD-R58S Rev: 1.0M Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX4464524 Rev: B410 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX4464524 Rev: B410 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX4464524 Rev: B410 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX4464524 Rev: B410 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: SX4464524 Rev: B410 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: E-IDE Model: CD-ROM 48X/TKU Rev: T40 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: General Model: USB Disk Drive Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 No scanner, but you get the idea. If there's nothing in /proc/scsi/scsi then there's something more fundamentally wrong. Assuming that your scsi support is in a kernel module, make sure the module is loaded: [root@starfleet root]# lsmod|grep scsi ide-scsi 12016 0 scsi_mod 110248 7 [usb-storage sg sr_mod st ide-scsi aic7xxx sd_mod] The AHA-2940 adapter uses the aic7xxx module, so if you don't see it loaded already load it manually with "modprobe aic7xxx" Then run lsmod again to see that is loaded, check /proc/scsi/scsi again and hopefully you should be on your way. -- -John (JohnThompson@xxxxxxxxxx)
