How to boot from scsi on Puppy 4.1-alpha-5
Posted: Sun 03 Aug 2008, 17:57
(This is a rough draft. I'm asking for input, toward working it up to Wiki quality)
Beginning with Puppy Linux 4.1-alpha-5, a set of optional kernels with scsi support compiled-in is available for download. By choosing the kernel suitable to your particular scsi adapter, you can now boot Puppy from an scsi disk. The purpose of this thread is to disclose how I do so on two systems, Xena and Gabrielle. The method used for installing scsi-Puppy on Gabrielle is applicable to systems that do not have an ide/ata drive.
Xena has the following profile:
Mainboard: vintage-2003 Supermicro X5DPE-G2, dual-P4-Xeon
Primary IDE master: Western Digital WD102BA, 10GB, UDMA5
Primary IDE slave: Samsung SV4002H, 40GB, UDMA5
Secondary IDE master: Plextor PX-760A DVD writer/reader.
Secondary IDE slave: not connected.
SCSI adapter: vintage-2001 Adaptec 39160, 64-bit pci, scsi-160
SCSI disk 1: Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 2: Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 3: Quantum Atlas IV 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 4: Quantum Atlas V 18.2 GB
Originally I built Xena with the quad raid array cage out of a discarded server, but accidentally destroyed one disk, and the only available replacement was the 18.2 GB. Another V I traded for a IV in a package swap.
Gabrielle has the following profile:
Mainboard: vintage-1999 Asus P2B-DS, two P3-600EB's.
Primary IDE master: Samsung SV1021D, UDMA5, 10 GB.
Primary IDE slave: Hitachi HDS722580VLAT20, UDMA5, 80 GB.
Secondary IDE master: Western Digital WD400BB-00DE, UDMA4, 40 GB.
Secondary IDE slave: BenQ 52x CD-RW writer/reader, UDMA4.
SCSI adapter: vintage-1998 Adaptec AHA2940UW, 32-bit pci, scsi-40.
SCSI disk: vintage-1998 Seagate Hawk ST32155W, 2 GB.
SCSI cd-rom drive: vintage-1999 Toshiba XM-6401TA
Beginning with Puppy Linux 4.1-alpha-5, a set of optional kernels with scsi support compiled-in is available for download. By choosing the kernel suitable to your particular scsi adapter, you can now boot Puppy from an scsi disk. The purpose of this thread is to disclose how I do so on two systems, Xena and Gabrielle. The method used for installing scsi-Puppy on Gabrielle is applicable to systems that do not have an ide/ata drive.
Xena has the following profile:
Mainboard: vintage-2003 Supermicro X5DPE-G2, dual-P4-Xeon
Primary IDE master: Western Digital WD102BA, 10GB, UDMA5
Primary IDE slave: Samsung SV4002H, 40GB, UDMA5
Secondary IDE master: Plextor PX-760A DVD writer/reader.
Secondary IDE slave: not connected.
SCSI adapter: vintage-2001 Adaptec 39160, 64-bit pci, scsi-160
SCSI disk 1: Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 2: Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 3: Quantum Atlas IV 9.1 GB
SCSI disk 4: Quantum Atlas V 18.2 GB
Originally I built Xena with the quad raid array cage out of a discarded server, but accidentally destroyed one disk, and the only available replacement was the 18.2 GB. Another V I traded for a IV in a package swap.
Gabrielle has the following profile:
Mainboard: vintage-1999 Asus P2B-DS, two P3-600EB's.
Primary IDE master: Samsung SV1021D, UDMA5, 10 GB.
Primary IDE slave: Hitachi HDS722580VLAT20, UDMA5, 80 GB.
Secondary IDE master: Western Digital WD400BB-00DE, UDMA4, 40 GB.
Secondary IDE slave: BenQ 52x CD-RW writer/reader, UDMA4.
SCSI adapter: vintage-1998 Adaptec AHA2940UW, 32-bit pci, scsi-40.
SCSI disk: vintage-1998 Seagate Hawk ST32155W, 2 GB.
SCSI cd-rom drive: vintage-1999 Toshiba XM-6401TA