Boot from Adaptec 2940U2B SCSI Card?

[John M Phillips]

Someone else may have a solution leaving the scsi driver as a module, but
my suggestion would be to rebuild the linux kernal with the scsi drivers 
included in the kernel.  The source for the kernal, on the second install 
disk, is kernel-source-2.4.20-8d.ppc.rpm.

You need to be able to use your linux system to compile and install the
new kernel.  See the howto to boot off the cdrom 
  www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_3.0/rescue-mode.shtml

If you have never build a linux kernel from source, be prepared for a
few false starts. As root from the /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-d8, the steps are
  
	1) make clean       # Starts from a safe mode
	2) make xconfig     # Graphical configuration tool
	     * find scsi support 
             * find scsi low-level drivers
	     * set the driver(AIC7xxx or OLD AIC7xxx) for your card 
		to "y" and not "m"
	3) make dep
	4) make
	5) copy the new kernel to the /boot directory
	     cp vmlinux /boot/vmlinux-test
	6) edit /etc/yaboot.conf to include an entry for your
	   new kernel
        7) reboot and cross your fingers

good luck
John M Phillips 

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Brekke wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I installed YDL 3.0 on a PM8600 with an Adaptec 2940U2B SCSI card.  The
> installation went great.  YDL recognized the Adaptec card and loaded the
> appropriate drivers.  Now when I try to boot from the disk attached to the
> SCSI card YDL canšt find the partition.  How do I get the Adaptec drivers
> loaded as part of the boot process?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darin
>