(OT) adding SCSI host adapter on SCO 5.0.6?

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2005, Brian K. White wrote:
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bill Campbell" <bill at celestial.com>
>To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:16 PM
>Subject: Re: (OT) adding SCSI host adapter on SCO 5.0.6?
>
>
>>On Wed, Dec 14, 2005, Bill Campbell wrote:
>>>Is there anybody reading the list who can tell me the magic
>>>incantations on SCO 5.0.6a to install a SCSI host adapter?
>>>
>>>mkdev scsi barfs saying that /usr/lib/mkdev/scsi isn't there
>>>(there is a /usr/lib/mkdev/.scsi directory).
>>>
>>>I have a friend on-site at a customer's who needs to figure this
>>>out ASAP as he's a long way from his home base.
>>
>>Responding to my own question, and recovering from a bad case of
>>CRS, I think the command is ``mkdev .scsi''.
>
>I have never used that. I just tried it and it looks like it might work.
>But I've installed/deinstalled/replaced/changed a lot of scsi cards and 
>drives and I've never used that. Never even knew it was there.

Thanks Brian.

I've done lots of SCSI on SCO as well, just not much recently as the number
of SCO systems we deal with is asymptotically approaching zero.  I finally
remembered the ``mkdev .scsi'' command (which was a bit easier than my
figuring out my ancient smail-3.2 installation on the Caldera OpenLinux 1.3
system we retired last week :-).

The number of SCO systems I see using Compaq hardware == 1.

>All I ever do is install the driver for the card, using "btldinstall" or 
>"custom" depending on the format the driver was supplied in.
>Then reboot.

This was a very standard Adaptec 2940UW which doesn't require special
drivers so BTLDs aren't required.

...
Bill
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