Hello,
does CentOs 5 supports an Adaptec AHA-2940W/2940UW scsi controller (pci)? Is this controller maybe supported by the aic7xxx driver?
I want to install CentOS 5 on my desktop pc but the currently installed pci scsi controller for my scanners (drivers: 2x tmscsim, 1x advansys) are not supported by CentOS. So I am searching for something else. Thanks in advanced.
regards Olaf
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Olaf Mueller wrote:
Hello,
does CentOs 5 supports an Adaptec AHA-2940W/2940UW scsi controller (pci)? Is this controller maybe supported by the aic7xxx driver?
I want to install CentOS 5 on my desktop pc but the currently installed pci scsi controller for my scanners (drivers: 2x tmscsim, 1x advansys) are not supported by CentOS. So I am searching for something else. Thanks in advanced.
regards Olaf
The 2940 has been around for a while, so CentOS 5 should easily see it.
If you are not sure, try booting from the CD/DVD, then, when you can get to a tty window, type: lspci
See if CentOS 5 is able to see the controller, either as 2940 or aic chipset. If so, you should be good to go.
If lspci doesn't work, try dmesg |more and look for the scsi controller in the listing. Same things to look for.
Good luck.
Scott
Olaf Mueller wrote:
Hello,
does CentOs 5 supports an Adaptec AHA-2940W/2940UW scsi controller (pci)? Is this controller maybe supported by the aic7xxx driver?
I've had no problem so far with a DAT4 tape drive on that controller - using Centos 5 x86_64:
scsi11 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 7.0 <Adaptec 2940 Pro Ultra SCSI adapter> aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-10000 Rev: 01u4 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 target11:0:6: Beginning Domain Validation target11:0:6: FAST-20 SCSI 20.0 MB/s ST (50 ns, offset 15) target11:0:6: Domain Validation skipping write tests target11:0:6: Ending Domain Validation scsi 11:0:6:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 1 st: Version 20050830, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 st 11:0:6:0: Attached scsi tape st0 st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B)
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