Re: Installation woes on Compaq Proliant 2000...

[Brad <brad_(_at_)_comstyle_(_dot_)_com>]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 10:36:29PM -0400, Steve Shockley wrote:
> Jeff Ross wrote:
> >FloppyB36.fs fails to find either the eisa nic that is installed, or the 
> >SMART array.  The system refuses to boot from the SCSI CD, failing with 
> >the message
> 
> Have you tried the other two floppies?
 
floppyB is the "server" floppy and the only floppy with cac(4) on it.

> >cac0 at eisa0 slot1 irq 15: Compaq SMART
> >cac0: timeout
> >cac0: CAC_CMD_GET_CTRL_INFO failed

Only PCI cac(4) adapters have been tested and known to actually work so far.
It doesn't surprise me that the EISA Smart Array adapters do not work as is.
mickey@ would probably be interested in helping you get this working.

 
> >device: CPQ6101 at eisa0 slot 6 not configured
> 
> That's your NIC
> 
> >device: CPQ4410 at eisa0 slot 9 not configured
> 
> That's your built-in SCSI.

Unsupported EISA devices.