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In article <ipswtafe.118.000E9FF7@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au>, ipswtafe@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Eric Hornsby) writes:
|> Hi 
|> 
|> I'm trying to get Linux running on a pentium box with an aha2940 SCSI 
|> controller (PCI bus).
|> 
|> I have got it running - using a kernel from the DSTC ftp site and the 
|> Slackware distribution from the Infomagic 4CD August 95 set.
|> 
|> My problem is this...
|> 
|> I need to configure the kernel to support a PCI NIC (Accton EN1203), so I have 
|> to remake the Kernel, but the source i have doesn't have aha2940 support 
|> available...

What I did was get new boot images from on of the sunsites in the states.
I can remember exactly where, otherwise i put it here. however, I do have
the file names:
	aha2940.gz - the boot image for aha2940 bios v1.11 or higher
	colornew.gz - root image that works with aha2940.gz
	vmlinux.gz - the installable kernel.

If the readme file I have infront of me is correct, the patch you attempted
to use below was in the same ftp directory as the these images.
 
|> 
|> I tried to use a new kernel tree (from the DSTC site) which came in a file 
|> called linuxaha2940-1.2.13-tar.gz, but when I tried to run make on it, it 
|> stopped with an error like this:
|> 
|> no rule to make target '/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.0...
|> 
|> when I check , I find that I have /usr/lib/gcc/lib/i486-linux/2.6.3...

You need to get a new version of the gcc libraries


Hope this helps.

Dave.

|> 
|> Can someone tell me if I can upgrade my current system (which is a 1.2.13 
|> kernel, but mostly setup for 1.2.8 a.out stuff) to do what I want ?  Do I need 
|> to go to an elf system to run the aha2940 ?  Do I have to scrap it all and get 
|> a whole newer distribution ?  If I can keep what I've got and just upgrade the 
|> compiler and a few bits...what are they ?
|> 
|> Any helpful advice would be great
|> 
|> Thanks for your time
|> Eric