6100 and 2.2

Eric D. yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:59:36 -0400


on 31/7/02 09:25, l.biagiotti at l.biagiotti@tiscali.it wrote:

> At a certain point it reads the name and ID of my hard disk, then it tells
> that it FAILED to read a certain scsi peripheral which ID is ... and so on.
> Couldn't this mean that MkLinux WOULD recognize the cd drive were it not for
> some problem I still have to find out? Couldn't it be just the fact that the
> cd drive is configured as ID 1 while it would have to be 3 or 5 or 6?
> I still have not tried to fumble with the drive's jumpers because I can't
> find the manual but, I'd be willing to give it a chance.
> 
> Any comment? Am I saying something stupid or might I be right in some way?
> 
> Lorenzo

You might try setting the CD-ROM to SCSI ID 3. That's the default ID for the
vast majority (all?) Mac CD-ROMs and it may be that that is what the
installer is expecting.

Good luck, Eric.