RE: [TCLUG:2401] Setup help....

[Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

Did you try changing your boot sequence in your bios to allow you to boot from
the cdrom?...  When I installed redhat 5.1 that's all I did... I made my boot
sequence cdrom, hardrive, floppy and it worked great...

Gabe 


On 30-Nov-98 C. Justus Gibson wrote:
> Hello T.C. Linux users...
> 
> I am new to this mailing list and relatively new to linux. I currently have
> Linux loaded on a Dell Dimension 350 however I am having problems loading
> the Red Hat Linux 5.1 OS onto my Dell Dimension XPS 200 box.
> 
> After the initial boot disk is loaded, the install CD is placed in the
> drive. After I select to load from CD it just sits at the message "Scanning
> SCSI bus...". It appears as if the system does not recognise my adaptec 2940
> Ultra Wide adaptor.
> 
> Hitting Alt+F3 and Alt+F4 have provided me with the following messages...
> 
> SCSI: aborting command due to timout: pid9, scsi0, channel0, id6, lun0
> 
> <4>(scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 16 during SELTO
> <4>(scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 255 not valid during SELTO
> <4>           SCSISEQ = 0x5a SEQADDR = 0x7 SSTAT0 = 0x10 SSTAT1 = 0x8a
> 
> Any help would be appreciated...thank you in advance for your time.
> 
> -Justus
> 
> 
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E-Mail: Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 30-Nov-98
Time: 14:45:18

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