Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 May 1996 13:18:16 -0700 | From | "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <> | Subject | Re: RH 3.0.3 and Buslogic 948 |
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From: Alex Pikus <webexpress@isd.net> Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 14:00:15 -0500
I tried installing the RH 3.0.3 today onto my BT-948 and the kernel did not see the card ... DOS sees it just fine ...
What do you guys recommend?
Thanks!
The problem and its solution are explained in the README.BusLogic that ships with recent kernels and my BusLogic driver releases.
Leonard
BT-948/958/958D INSTALLATION NOTES
The BT-948/958/958D PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapters have some features which may require attention in some circumstances when installing Linux.
o PCI I/O Port Assignments
When configured to factory default settings, the BT-948/958/958D will only recognize the PCI I/O port assignments made by the motherboard's PCI BIOS. The BT-948/958/958D will not respond to any of the ISA compatible I/O ports that previous BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters respond to. This driver supports the PCI I/O port assignments, so this is the preferred configuration. However, if the obsolete BusLogic driver must be used for any reason, such as a Linux distribution that does not yet use this driver in its boot kernel, BusLogic has provided an AutoSCSI configuration option to enable a legacy ISA compatible I/O port.
To enable this backward compatibility option, invoke the AutoSCSI utility via Ctrl-B at system startup and select "Adapter Configuration", "View/Modify Configuration", and then change the "ISA Compatible Port" setting from "Disable" to "Primary" or "Alternate". Once this driver has been installed, the "ISA Compatible Port" option should be set back to "Disable" to avoid possible future I/O port conflicts. The older BT-946C/956C/956CD also have this configuration option, but the factory default setting is "Primary".
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