[WBEL-users] Iomega Buz Utra SCSI card: need 'advansys' module

[Paul M. Bucalo]

If anyone here has successfully configured an Iomega Buz (Jaz Jet)
Multimedia Processor card to provide Ultra SCSI in WBEL (or any version
of Linux), please contact me here or off-list how you did it. I
inherited such a card and internal Jaz drive and would like to use it on
my WBEL box (just for the Jaz drive).

For anyone else that can help...

When I try to follow the directions provided by Iomega for installing
the card under Linux, I get a 'module not found' error:

#: insmod advansys

The card is using an Advansys ASC3050B PCI 'Narrow' Ultra SCSI
controller chipset. What I could glean off the Web is that the SCSI
interface works as a separate device entity and can be utilized by
providing the 'advansys' module at boot time. I found one reference that
illustrated how to recompile the kernel in FC 1 for support, or how to
use the unsupported kernel for the required modules:

http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/drivers/advansys/

Will I have to recompile the kernel for Advansys support under WBEL? <If
I have to recompile the kernel on this slow machine, I won't bother.>

Can I run an 'unsupported' kernel, similar to what the instructions
recommend under FC 1, and if so, can this kernel be found on WBEL's
site/mirrors?

Any guidance greatly appreciated!

Paul