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Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW



>>>>> "James" == James Olin Oden <joden@lee.k12.nc.us> writes:

    James> "Itamar S.-T." wrote:
    >> "Aharon (Al) Schkolnik" wrote: > > Hi.  > > I'm trying to
    >> install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE CD, and > a
    >> SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The install fails
    >> as > follows: > > Boots from the CD fine.
    >> 
    >> I've had problems installing RH5.1 when I booted off the CD, so
    >> maybe try booting off a floppy.
    >> 
    >> -- Itamar - itamars@ibm.net

    James> The thing is that the insmod program is not find the the
    James> module to support your adapter.  The weird thing is that
    James> 5.2 had not problem with this particular card.  I am
    James> actually using that exact same adaptor in our web server
    James> here, except that I am using RH 5.2 and have not upgraded
    James> yet to 6.0.

Yeah, I also did an installation with 5.2 on a similiar machine, and
had no problem, but I thought maybe the SCSI card might be a slightly
different version, or something. Very weird !!!

    James> ..james






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