SCSI errors while installing Slackware

cocco at misty.suffolk.edu cocco at misty.suffolk.edu
Mon Apr 10 09:13:29 EDT 1995


On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Albert Cahalan wrote:

> > While booting the installation disk in the Slackware distribution, I'm
> > coming across the error:  SCSI: waring: SCSI command probably
> > completed successfully before abortion.
> > 
> > What I did before hand was backup my NEC Powermate 486 with a
> > Bernoulli box.  When you install the drivers for this stuff, the PC sees it as a scsi device, BUT I took out all
> > references to the Bernoulli stuff and restored my config.sys and
> > autoexec.bat files to what they were originally.
> > 
> > Any idea why it would still be looking for SCSI devices?
> 
> Because you have a SCSI device.  Linux will probe for it unless told not to.
> The DOS drivers are completely irrelevent.

I do'nt have a scsi device anywhere on the PC.  The Bernoulli box 
actually uses the paralell port on the back of the PC. 
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Vincent Cocco
Suffolk University     email:  cocco at misty.suffolk.edu
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