Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI Cards
From: jim (jim@powerpcpro.com)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2001 - 12:44:23 MDT
I am running it on a G4 yikes 350. I use the cheetah on the 39160 for Mac OS
9.1 and OS X. I had to create a bootable install CD with adaptec support. I
will take your advice on installing it sans card then putting the card back
in later. BTW, I set the cheetah up with a scratch partition, and what a
difference it makes with OS X, especially vs the 30 gig IDE drive in the
computer. No comparision, SCSI rules.
on 07/08/2001 12:55 PM, John Norair at splinemodel@mac.com wrote:
> The only way that you can get an adaptec (or any scsi card) to work with
> YDL is to have the card loaded with the Apple OEM firmware. I don't
> think the 39160 is capable of running Apple firmware, though if you
> bought your mac with this card as an OEM, then look on Apple's TIL for a
> new, Apple driver.
>
> I had the same problem with a 2940UW card, and I'm still waiting on a
> 3.2GB 50pin drive (in the mail) so that I can install Linux on it. I
> have a 9GB IBM Ultrastar connected to the Adaptec. Basically, if you
> remove the card during the install process and get everything installed
> sans-adaptec, I've been told that you can put the card back in and use
> it after installation. Apparently, you can even use the U160 drive as a
> Linux drive, you just can't boot from it. That is, you can set it up
> with UFS, or whatever filesystem you want for YDL, and with the
> appropriate driver YDL will mount it.
>
> most of this information was gathered on the pengiunppc site. I
> recommend that you take a look at it. Just out of curiosity, what
> machine are you running this on?
>
> Have a nice day,
> John Norair
>
>> Has anyone had luck installing yellowdog 2 with an Adaptec 39160
>> installed?
>> I have a 9 gig cheetah on it and I am NOT going to use that drive for
>> Linux.
>> I have an IDE slave drive set-up for that. The problem is that the
>> install
>> stops when it gets to the 39160 device. I have successfully installed
>> MacOS
>> X with this set-up, and have made a bootable installer for X with 39160
>> support. I would have thought that Linux would at least be on par for
>> supporting such devices. Let me know if it is possible to have this
>> card in
>> or do I have to remove it. I have Mac OS 9.1 and OS X on the cheetah so
>> it
>> would be a major pain in the ass to have to take it out, but let me know
>> just the same.
>> Regards,
>> Jim
>>
>
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