HD Install :: old computer with scsi

i am new to linux
this computer has no boot cd function. i want to install dsl on an empty scsi hard drive connected to a adaptec aic-7870P controller. i tried a boot floppy but the drive isnt detected, so i am thinking i need a module to support the scsi controller, where could i get one?

Assuming such a module exists and is included in DSL, you can boot DSL on a different computer and copy over the appropriate module file to a second floppy disk.

Then you boot DSL in expert mode and insert the floppy and type in the module name when prompted.

Or you can manually hack up the minirt24.gz file and add this module to the loopback filesystem and insmod it from within the startup script.

ok, i did that but it dosent do anything. what am i missing.

EDIT: Sorry, I was in Vector Linux modus, so the following does NOT work. Sorry again.

You could try a (scsi) boot diskette from Slackware and the root diskette from Vector. I haven't tried this, so it may not work.

well, i tried getting the adaptec scsi kernel from a slackware cd and dumped everything off the dsl boot floppy onto the c:, then i used loadlin.exe to boot from the scsi kernel and it found the scsi drive and knoppix image. but then it comes up with this:

/modules/cloop.o: unresolved symbol kunmap_high
/modules/cloop.o: unresolved symbol create_bounce
/modules/cloop.o: unresolved symbol highmem_start_page
/modules/cloop.o: unresolved symbol kmap_high

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