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ipswtafe@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Eric Hornsby) wrote:

>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...

>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...

>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

I've downloaded the new v2.0 kernel source code for Linux which has
support for aha2940.  It compiles without any problems on my machine
and works great.

My configuration
	133MHz Pentium
	aha2940 PCI
	1.2GB SCSI Fireball
	NEC Multispin 4V CDROM
	AWE32 Sound Blaster

Thomas Philip.