Re: ADAPTEC AIC7899W SCO R 5.0.5
From: ews (1313_at_mockingbird.ln)
Date: 04/30/03
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:29:30 GMT
Update:
Tried this:
http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2145
But it didn't seem to solve the problem.
e-
ews wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I posted this article in another, less traveled, news group. So if you
> have seen this before, thats why.
>
> I am pretty new to Unix so I apologize if this question reflects my
> ignorance.
>
> We recently purchased a Dell PowerEdge 2650 server which will hopefully
> soon be running SCO UNIX OpenServer R 5.0.5.
>
> When I attempt to install the OS I run into a problem that ultimately
> results in a failed installation.
>
> After I select my keyboard type and enter the serial number, the
> installation begins to copy files from the installation media and then
> stops with the following error.
>
> ERROR:
>
> No root disk has been detected. Cannot proceed. Verify that your hardware
> configuration has a disk attached and configured as the primary disk.
>
> Installation will now abort. Press <Enter>
>
> When I press enter, the system reboots.
>
> I have done a few Google searches, searched the adaptec site, and trolled
> the Caldera TA knowledgebase. I suspect from information I have read that
> the fix is in the bootstring.
>
> Though I am not sure exactly what elements are required in the bootstring,
> nor where to find the information needed.
>
> Bootstrings I have tried are:
>
> defbootstr scsi.noscan
> defbootstr Sdsk=7899w(0,0,7,0)
> defbootstr Sdsk=ad160(0,0,0,0)
> defbootstr Sdsk=ad160(0,0,7,0)
> defbootstr Sdsk=ad(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
> defbootstr Sdsk=dpti(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
> defbootstr Sdsk=dpti5(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
>
> If it matters, the SCSI controller is an Adaptec. Printed in the chip is
> "adaptec
> AIC-7899W
> BQEE308
> 753320
> R46852.1S02
> KOREA"
>
> I know the information I have provided is a bit vauge. However, if you
> need additional information, please let me know and I will be more than
> happy to find it and post it. At this point, I am pretty much stuck. Even
> a push in the direction of the right information source would be greatly
> apprecitated.
>
> In the meantime I will be looking for the appropriate SCSI controller
> driver, and looking for information on how to get the installation
> to recognize the SCSI disks during installation.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> e-
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