> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 05:53:13PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >> >> Load the ncr53c8xx SCSI module - are you sure the system won't use >> sym53c8xx? - and then create a new ramdisk image file using mkinitrd. >> That will see the scsi_hostadapter entry in modules.conf and include the >> scsi modules in the new initrd.img. >> >> Alexander >> > > I don't know, kudzu put in ncr53c8xx in modules.conf but I can take a > look at the other driver if that is equivalent or better of course. > And thanks for the answer, it makes perfect sense that the thing needs > to go into the initrd of course! > > David > > I got the same problem: Two servers, one running RH9 with LSI scsi (ncr53c8xx) card and one (to replace the RH9 server) running FC1 with the same scsi card. I have a DDS-3 tape drive connected to that card. On RH9 I do not have a cd-writer on FC1 I do. At boot time the ncr module is loaded and then unloaded (if I read the messages below correctly). insmod of the ncr53c8xx module and the st module makes the tapedrive available to the system, on RH9 this is done automatically. Lines from the messages at boot time: Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:08.0 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 8, function 0 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c8xx: 53c810a detected Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0: rev 0x23 on pci bus 0 device 8 function 0 irq 11 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: scsi1 : ncr53c8xx-3.4.3b-20010512 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L610 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: st: Version 20030406, bufsize 32768, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0-<5,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8) Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0: releasing host resources Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0: resetting chip Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: ncr53c810a-0: host resources successfully released Apr 18 13:37:57 kanga kernel: scsi : 1 host left. I'd like to know how to solve this the correct way, my guess is it has something to do with the ide-scsi emulation for the cd-writer (that's the only real difference in my setup). Any tips would be nice! TIA Martijn
