scsi card drivers
Jordan Parnass
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 26 May 2003 22:32:31 -0400
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I am having trouble installing YDL 3 on an 8500 with an adaptec 2940UW =
card
pulled from a powercenter pro.
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I am able to install to a drive connected to the scsi card, but when I =
go to
reboot, the system doesn't load the drivers necessary to allow the root
partition to mount, and I get a kernel panic during boot.
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The installer clearly indicates "loading AIC-7xxx" drivers (or something
similar) and is able to see, partition and install to the drive. I then
restart the computer, set BootX to load the vmlinux-2.4.20-8d kernel, =
and
specify "/dev/sdb8" as the boot partition (as instructed by the =
installer).
I have tried checking and unchecking the "force scsi" without success. =
When
the system tries to boot into linux, I can see the MACE onboard scsi =
being
recognized, as it enumerates the partitions on /dev/sda, but sdb never =
shows
up.
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I am able to install and boot from the puny 1GB drive which I have =
attached
to the motherboard scsi, but it is not large enough for anything but the
most basic install. When this install boots, it doesn't see the scsi =
card
or drive either.
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Is there some basic thing I'm not doing? Some other distros seem to use
initrd as a ramdisk to load drivers, but it seems YDL does not? Is =
there
some other way to instruct the installer to install the drivers? Is =
there
some file I'm missing somewhere?
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Someone on some other post from a while back said something about not =
being
able to boot to drives on a scsi card (which could be used if booted =
from
another drive), but the 2940 is on YDL's list of approved and supported
hardware....
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am =
having trouble=20
installing YDL 3 on an 8500 with an adaptec 2940UW card pulled from a=20
powercenter pro.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am =
able to install=20
to a drive connected to the scsi card, but when I go to reboot, the =
system=20
doesn't load the drivers necessary to allow the root partition to mount, =
and I=20
get a kernel panic during boot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The =
installer=20
clearly indicates "loading AIC-7xxx" drivers (or something similar) and =
is able=20
to see, partition and install to the drive. I then restart the =
computer,=20
set BootX to load the vmlinux-2.4.20-8d kernel, and specify =
"/dev/sdb8" as=20
the boot partition (as instructed by the installer). I have tried =
checking=20
and unchecking the "force scsi" without success. When the system =
tries to=20
boot into linux, I can see the MACE onboard scsi being recognized, as it =
enumerates the partitions on /dev/sda, but sdb never shows=20
up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am =
able to install=20
and boot from the puny 1GB drive which I have attached to the =
motherboard=20
scsi, but it is not large enough for anything but the most basic =
install. =20
When this install boots, it doesn't see the scsi card or drive=20
either.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is =
there some basic=20
thing I'm not doing? Some other distros seem to use initrd as a =
ramdisk to=20
load drivers, but it seems YDL does not? Is there some other way =
to=20
instruct the installer to install the drivers? Is there some file I'm =
missing=20
somewhere?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D881061402-27052003><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Someone on some=20
other post from a while back said something about not being able to boot =
to=20
drives on a scsi card (which could be used if booted from another =
drive), but=20
the 2940 is on YDL's list of approved and supported=20
hardware....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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