Re: problem getting linux to recognize SCSI host adapter

Christoph Doerbeck A242369 (cdoerbec@cso.fmr.com)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:01:17 -0500

"Mike Mitten" wrote:
> Thanks for the help, folks. Turns out that the mystery card uses a
> Logic Devices 53C80, which is a replacement for the NCR 5380, which is
> supported. I even got the 24 page data sheet from their web site, but
> I don't think it'll do me much good 'cause the card's BIOS seems to
> hang at boot time, looking for a non-existent device on ID 1 after
> it's found the scanner on 0. I'm thinking my best bet is to print out
> the SCSI section of the hardware compatibility HOWTO and take it to
> CompUSA to get, as someone else said, a real SCSI controler.
>

This could be a SCSI termination problem. Not to discourage you from buying
a good supported SCSI card....

Just my 2 cents...

- Christoph

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