aic79xx driver disk image problems

[Justin T. Gibbs]

> Hi
> 
> I created a driver disk image using the aic79xx image file for redhat 9.0,
> I have a adaptec 7902 on my gigabyte ultra 8knxp motherboard.

Which image did you use?  The ones from here?

http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/DUD/aic79xx/


> During the install of linux I was asked if I had any driver disks and
> inserted the newly created disk into the drive. Linux spun for a while and
> came back with something like:
> 
>       unable to find device, or unable to detect device

These drivers only support the 7902 in SCSI, not RAID, mode.  You should
verify that the HostRAID support is disabled in the SCSI-Select BIOS
utility.

--
Justin