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Setup AHA 2940 SCSI Adapter with SONY Tape Backup

gxjenkins

Tue May 05, 2015 9:07:32 pm

I'm trying to setup Zorin to backup two desktops, but first need to get a AHA 2940 SCSI adapter working.

How do I get the OS to see the SCSI card?

Thanks,
Gary

Wolfman

Wed May 06, 2015 4:39:14 am

Hi Gary,

what are the Plug and Play settings like in BIOS?, are they set to "On" (Enable) or "Off" (Disable)?. :D

It might also be a bug?:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67491

Swarfendor437

Wed May 06, 2015 11:56:57 am

Hi, Sadly, it appears to be unsupported in GNU/Linux in general:

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Ha ... ml#AEN5048

Don't blame GNU/Linux - blame the hardware manufacturers for not providing a driver! ;)

gxjenkins

Wed May 06, 2015 4:01:08 pm

Thanks, it looks like I'll have to change my plans a bit. If I don't find a driver for Linux I'll put together a windows box to run the backups.

Thanks again.

Wolfman

Fri May 08, 2015 5:19:17 am

Hi Gary,

I found this (a bit old) and it points towards kernel problems!, do you have an Intel mainboard/motherboard?:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/817153

Swarfendor437

Fri May 08, 2015 11:42:59 am

Wolfman wrote:Hi Gary,

I found this (a bit old) and it points towards kernel problems!, do you have an Intel mainboard/motherboard?:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/817153


Hi Wolfman, couple of interesting issues in that guys bug report:

pae kernel!

nvidia non-free drivers

;)

11.04 was never a very good release - Maverick was a far superior release at the time - that said, we need to remember that putting an old kernel on a rig will make it susceptible to ...:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9267

:D