[ale] Dual Adaptec SCSI adapters

[Courtney Thomas]

I am running 3 scsi adapters under RedHat6.1 but found it necessary to 
get on adaptec.com and download their proprietary drivers.

HTH



roncordell at attbi.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to get a system up and running with dual Adaptec SCSI host 
> adapters, but not having any luck. Here's the deal:
> 
> Adapter #1 (first in the PCI list) - Adaptec 2940UW, one hard disk on LVD/SE 
> port, DVD and CD R/W on other port.
> 
> Adapter #2 (second in the PCI list) - Adaptec 2940U2W, two hard disks on the 
> LVD/SE port.
> 
> Both adapters have the latest BIOS installed.
> 
> When I boot the machine with no bootable CD in a drive, the first adapter 
> assigns its hard disk as Disk 0, and the second adapter assigns its hard disks 
> to 1 and 2. This looks OK.
> 
> When I boot the machine with a bootable CD in a drive, the first adapter 
> assigns its hard disk as Disk 1, and the second adapter assigns its hard disks 
> as 1 and 2. This looks wrong.
> 
> Even though the second scenario looks wrong, I can boot the SuSE 8.2 Linux 
> installation DVD, and it begins to load its IsoLinux boot image. After the 
> image loads, I get a flashing cursor on the screen, and that's it. Nada.
> 
> If I disconnect the hard drive from Adapter #1, so all I have are the two 
> drives on Adapter #2, and I try to boot the installation DVD, I get the same 
> problem.
> 
> So, does anyone have experience in setting up two Adaptec adapters and getting 
> them to work together? Does Linux support this? The SuSE DVD will work if I 
> remove one of the adapters, but I think the issue is how the devices are 
> getting assigned, not having two adapters.
> 
> Thanks for any insights,
> 
> -ronc
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