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Chuck Noyes wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: CN> I have recently run across a problem that has me stumped. CN> I've been running a Slackware 2.0.25 kernel for a few months CN> and I've always been able mount my SCSI devices without any CN> problem (I boot from an IDE drive). Recently, however, CN> whenever I try to mount any SCSI device (disk, CD-ROM, ZIP CN> disk, etc.) I receive the following error: CN> "The kernel does not recognize /dev/sdan as a block device", CN> where n = the scsi device number. I've run the utility CN> /dev/MAKEDEV sda and I still can't mount any SCSI device. CN> I've been running the same kernel for about 3 months. When you look in the /dev tree with "ls -l sd*" is the 'b' flag showing? Are the major and minor numbers correct? Have you tried doing this manually with the "mknod" command instead of the "MAKEDEV" script? CN> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this??? You neglect to mention the key issue: what make and model of SCSI controller? If you are running on an advanced Adaptec controller or chipset, you will need a test patch for very recent (2.0.24+ or 2.1.5+) kernels: ftp://ftp.pcnet.com/users/eischen/Linux/aic7xxx-2.1.23-Feb01.tgz ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/pcnet.com/aic7xxx-2.1.23-Feb01.tgz CN> P.S. Has anyone been able to get the Creative Labs CN> SoundBlaster32 (PnP) card to work in any version of Linux?? CN> It works fine in Windows95...:( Disable PnP on the card and use it as a regular SoundBlaster, assuming you are interested in it for multimedia purposes rather than exotic stuff such as the soundmodem driver. -- Mike
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