On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, John K. Herreshoff wrote:
> Zearid wrote:
>> Don't work ....
>> Error is " Can't find knoppix file system....." or think ....
>
> What is giving you this error? slackware? knoppix?
> You'll have to format (fdisk) your scsi disk before installing slackware...

YIKES! bad advice!

Do NOT advise destructive procedures (like format or fdisk)
when the source of the problem has not yet even been identified,
let alone diagnosed.

also note, 'format' != 'fdisk'

myself, knowing -zilch- about Knopix, would guess the
error message is being given by booting a Knoppix install cd
which, though booted, is unable to find the cd media when it
tries to mount it's own root filesystem.

i'm suscpecting that since SCSI was mentioned,
that the cd drive is also SCSI, and that thought the machine
BIOS boots the device, (guessing) the booted kernel lacks
some driver needed for that device.

but that's all just WAG and i'm not suggesting
any fix, certainly not to format anything.


> There should be some readmes on the install disk.

now, -that- is always good advice: RTFM. :*)


HTH
--
William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA

John K. Herreshoff wrote:
> Zearid wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>> I need linux for my cpu (look at topic),.
>> This is P3 1000MHz/512MB/9.4GB SCSI (80pin)
>>
>> Knoppix 5.1.1 don't run in my compaq ...
>>
>> Who know what linux is good for this CPU ??
>
> I would guess it will run out of the box, but you will need to tell the
> installer to use scsi, as the default is ide. I believe that when booting
> the install disk, you have some options: F2 and F3. You will find a scsi
> setup on F3. I use scsi here myself. The default kernel is 2.4.33.3,
> which will work: I'm running that on this box even as I type.
>
> If you have problems getting started, speak up: you'll get chaff and help.

One thing to watch out for if you happen to be using the SCSI RAID
controller on the ML370, the partitions have strange names compared to
IDE/plain SCSI.

You'll end up with partitions called /dev/ida/c1d0p3 and the like
instead of a nice easy one like /dev/hda3 or /dev/sdb1.

Of course, an ML370 is the only SCSI hardware RAID machine I have Linux
on so they may all be like that......

--
Billy

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:33:33 +0000, Billy Watt did cat*:

> John K. Herreshoff wrote:
>> Zearid wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>> I need linux for my cpu (look at topic),.
>>> This is P3 1000MHz/512MB/9.4GB SCSI (80pin)
>>>
>>> Knoppix 5.1.1 don't run in my compaq ...
>>>
>>> Who know what linux is good for this CPU ??
>>
>> I would guess it will run out of the box, but you will need to tell the
>> installer to use scsi, as the default is ide. I believe that when booting
>> the install disk, you have some options: F2 and F3. You will find a scsi
>> setup on F3. I use scsi here myself. The default kernel is 2.4.33.3,
>> which will work: I'm running that on this box even as I type.
>>
>> If you have problems getting started, speak up: you'll get chaff and help.
>
> One thing to watch out for if you happen to be using the SCSI RAID
> controller on the ML370, the partitions have strange names compared to
> IDE/plain SCSI.
>
> You'll end up with partitions called /dev/ida/c1d0p3 and the like
> instead of a nice easy one like /dev/hda3 or /dev/sdb1.

There's also, depending on the array type/model, the cciss
variant with the same type of channel/disk/partition scheme,
like: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2

It's a long time since I installed a Slackware on a ML
(a Slack 8.0 and a 8.1 I believe so that'd be 4 or 5 years).
I numbly recall I first had to use the SmartStart CD from Compaq to
"pre-prepare" the disks and arrays, then booted with the Slackware install
CD with the 'raid.s' kernel.

In case that'd give you a clue, I list blindly, just below
some maybe relevant info from the .config I finally made
in those days of old ;-)

I think the most important settings were those two :
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y

But, anyway, here's the rest, mind you it was
for a 2.4.18 so some parts may have changed a bit :

For the CPQ array I used :
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=m
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS=y

and for the SCSI :
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974=m
CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID=y
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_MAX_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO=m
CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR53C400=y
CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_IPS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO=m
CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=64
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=32
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PQS_PDS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC_FIRMWARE=y
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T=m
CONFIG_SCSI_T128=m
CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F=m
CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F_MAX_TAGS=8
CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m
CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m
CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI=y

ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
>> Don't work ....
>> Error is " Can't find knoppix file system....." or think ....
>
> You might try some other Live CDs, or you might have a look at the 'cheat
> codes' listed on the Knoppix home page - there would be a decent chance
> that one of them might work.

The problem is probably with the CompaQ SCSI controller, it needed
a rather special kernel to support THAT. Without it it cannot access
the disk at all. Luckily the newer CompaQ's are much more standard
in that regard, a standard scsi.s kernel will now work on them.
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