On 2005-05-31, yozkul@gmail.com <yozkul@gmail.com> wrote:

> I 'm trying to install slackware 11 on DELL Pe4400.
> My server has a raid controller and scsi controller.I specified raid.s
> option in slack boot menu.Slackware recognize my raid and disk
> controller but does not recognize my scsi controller.I need my scsi
> controller.Because My cdrom drive is scsi.I also specified scsi.s
> ,Slackware detected my scsi controller and cd drive but not raid
> controller.
> I have specified both parameters " boot : raid.s scsi.s "
> But system could not find any controoler.

You have a check-and-egg problem if none of the kernels on the
installation CD support both your raid and scsi controllers. It is
common to have to pass parameters to the kernel to have it recognize your
controllers: raid.s <some parameters>. If you put up an article with
details on the raid and scsi controllers you have, including chipset,
irqs, io and memory ranges used, someone may be able to help.

An alternative is to make a DOS partition on one of your drives and copy
enough of the installation files from the CD to your DOS partition to
get linux running. Once you have linux running you can load the correct
modules for your hardware and then use installpkg to install the rest
of the distribution.