How to disable SCSI CD, and enable IDE CD during install?

[melissamay1]

Hi All:

I have: SCO Openserver Host 5.0.4, and Adaptec 39320 SCSI adapter with a hard drive and tape drive connected. I also have an IDE CD-ROM drive.

During install, the hwconfig screen shows the cd-rom as scsi id=5, but there is no scsi cd. It does not list the IDE CD, though it does recognize the IDE controllers built into the motherboard.

During install, I add the btld for the ad320. The install proceeds up until the point where it needs to access the CD. It then will not recognize the IDE CD. It says "There is no response from the controller for the device you have selected."

I have tried the both the primary and secondary IDE, with CD as master. I've also tried to set it up with a hard drive as master, and the CD as slave, again on both the primary and secondary IDE.

I have verified that the CD and the IDE both work. I did this by installing 5.0.4 onto the IDE hard drive as a test. I've also tried the sae CDROM drive on another computer, and verified that it does work.

It seems that I need to tell UNIX that there is no SCSI CD drive, and/or tell it that there is an IDE CD.

Can anyone give me the boot: commands to disable the SCSI CD and enable the IDE CD?

Thanks for your help.

Melissa

 

[melissamay1]

Hi everybody!

Sometimes just asking the question can give you the answer!

After I made the last post, I got to thinking. Since the IDE is controlled by the wd driver, maybe this would work:

defbootstr link=ad320 Srom=wd(0,0,0,0) Sdsk=ad320(0,0,0,0)

My thinking was that using the Srom= parameter would force it to look at the IDE bus and not the SCSI bus. I also threw in the Sdsk= just for good measure.

Well, it works! The install now reads the CDROM that's on the IDE bus, configured as primary master.

All is well!

Until the next problem...LOL!

Thanks everybody for sharing this with me!

Seeya,

Melissa

 

[PHV]

If your CD is the master of primary IDE, try to insert this in your bootstring:

Srom=wd(0,0,0,0)

Hope This Help, PH.
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[PHV]

Oops, Melissa you beat me