Hans,
Thanks for your suggestion.  I tried the modprobe, and it hung the system!  I 
think there may be something wrong with the initio card.  I got it out of my 
wife's system (which I've since rebuilt) which was having horrible hang 
problems.  I blamed those problems on Win98, but since I rebuilt it with 
spare hardware, it's been tolerably stable!  Often it would hang when I tried 
to use the scanner, which was the only SCSI device on it.  I knew the cable 
was a bit flakey, but perhaps that flakiness also damaged the card.  Oh well, 
SCSI cards aren't that expensive any more.

Vaughn

On Friday 25 April 2003 02:23, you wrote:
> Am 24. Apr, 2003 schwätzte Vaughn Treude so:
> > Thanks to Steve and Bryce for their suggestions on my system
> > freeze/install hang problem.  The initio SCSI card did seem to be the
> > problem.  I removed it and was able to install Mandrake 9.1.  I put it
> > back in and Mandrake 9.1 did not recognize it.  On the one hand, I'd like
> > to access my Jaz drive.  On the other hand, the system is stable...
>
> Have you tried loading the initio driver by hand?
>
> modprobe initio
>
> Is your card supported by the driver. I use an initia card in my test box
> at work. No probs. Depending on what I have running I have debian, SuSE or
> Red Hat in that box.
>
> You don't need a hard drive on the SCSI card. I've seldom had hard drives
> on my SCSI cards.
>
> Have you tried installing with the card in, but no cables connected to it?
>
> Have you tried the card in multiple slots?
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans