Re: RH 7.0 install failure Adaptec 1542C SCSI

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:31:24 -0500
[email protected] wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> I researched this board under RH7.0 and everything suggests it is
> supported.  It shows up on the driver disk.  I've tried
> automatically and manually installing with parameters:
> 
>      aha1542=0x330,11,4,5
> 
> but keep getting the error message for either attempt:
> 
>      error 2 reading header:  cpio:  bad magic
> 
> I've also defaulted the adaptec board as well as disabled
> everything.  I know the card and HD are fine because if I let it
> boot Win95 starts off the SCSI HDD. Also if I enable autoboot in the
> SCSI bios setup Redhat loads off the CD.
> 
> The system is a compaq prolinea 4/33s upgraded to 486/100. 
> Originally I was partially successful with an 850M IDE HDD, 24x IDE
> CDROM, 100Meg Ram, Tseng ET4000 VLB video, but found I didn't have
> adequate HDD space for all the packages I wanted to work with.
> 
> Recently I came across a 1 G SCSI HDD, 3x SCSI CDROM external, and
> adaptec aha1542c adapter and I'm attempting the install again with
> the problems mentioned above.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
  Do your install in 'Expert' mode so the card isn't 'probed.' RedHat
scans your sytem for hardware, and the scan can 'confuse' some aha154x
cards.
  As the install process proceeds, and can't find your card, use the
driver from the floppy. Just select the  Adaptec154x 
series and the default settings.   If you have to pass specific
options to get the card recognized, use the form:  
                  
aha1542=0x330 
                 

assuming that 330 is the base address of your card.

                                    Regards,

                                     Tom