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diff --git a/setupSCSI.html b/setupSCSI.html index aa22751..c75e172 100644 --- a/setupSCSI.html +++ b/setupSCSI.html @@ -2,63 +2,46 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> - <title>Disk Detection and Configuration</title> + <title>Setup SCSI</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="prev" href="selectKeyboard.html" title="Configuring the Keyboard"> - <link rel="next" href="doPartitionDisks.html" title="Partitioning your Disk"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> + <link rel="prev" href="acceptLicense.html" title="License and Release Notes"> + <link rel="next" href="selectInstallClass.html" title="Install or Upgrade"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> <!-- body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> - <div lang="" class="section" title="Disk Detection and Configuration"> + <div lang="" class="section" title="Setup SCSI"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-setupSCSI"></a>Disk Detection and Configuration + <h2 class="title"><a name="setupSCSI"></a>Setup SCSI </h2> </div> </div> </div> - - - + - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa1"></a><span class="application">DrakX</span> will first - detect any <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it1"></a> <acronym class="acronym">IDE</acronym> devices present in your computer. It will - also scan for one or more <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it3"></a> - <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it4"></a><acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym> - <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> cards on your system. If a <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> card is found, <span class="application">DrakX</span> - will automatically install the appropriate driver. - </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa2"></a>Because hardware - detection is not foolproof, <span class="application">DrakX</span> may fail in detecting - your hard drives. If so, you'll have to specify your hardware by - hand. + + <p><a name="setupSCSI-pa1"></a>DrakX usually detects your hard disks correctly. However + it may fail to detect some older SCSI drive controllers and thus fail to install the required + drivers and the installation may fail. </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa3"></a>If you had to manually - specify your <acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym> <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> adapter, <span class="application">DrakX</span> will ask if you - want to configure options for it. You should allow <span class="application">DrakX</span> - to probe the hardware for the card-specific options which are - needed to initialize the adapter. Most of the time, <span class="application">DrakX</span> - will get through this step without any issues. + + + <p><a name="setupSCSI-pa2"></a>If this happens, you'll need to manually tell Drakx + which SCSI drive(s) you have. </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa4"></a>If <span class="application">DrakX</span> - is not able to probe for the options to automatically determine - which parameters need to be passed to the hardware, you'll need - to manually configure the driver. + + + <p><a name="setupSCSI-pa3"></a>After that, DrakX should be able to figure out which parameters need to be set for the drive to work. You should only have + to set them manually if DrakX doesn't manage to do it. </p> + </div> |