Bug#35351: Unable to boot from Debian 2.1 CDROM on Dell OptiPlex GX1
Adam-
Sorry to butt in. I was about to write a bug report when I saw Tom's
problem. Same symptoms, similar board (aha-2842VL). Tried 'no_probe' which
caused the boot process to ignore the SCSI detection altogether. Previously
it acknowledged the board but hung up as in Tom's situation. The good news
is that I now get to the installation portion, the bad news is it says I
don't have a hard drive! Is it time to trash SCSI and dust up my old 500MB
IDE drive?
Claude
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Di Carlo [mailto:apharris@burrito.onshore.com]On Behalf Of
> Adam Di Carlo
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 5:39 PM
> To: Tom Epperly
> Cc: 35351@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Bug#35351: Unable to boot from Debian 2.1 CDROM on Dell
> OptiPlex GX1
>
>
> Tom Epperly <epperly@minbar.aspentec.com> writes:
> > scsi: AHA-2940 SCSI BIOS v1.21
>
> > When trying to install Debian 2.1, I started by trying to boot from
> > the CD ROM (obtained from Cheapbytes). The boot process hangs after
> > initializing the SCSI adapter. The last 9 lines on the screen are
> > (retyped so there may be typos):
> > (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
> > (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> > (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> > (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
> > (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
> > (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
> > (scsi0) during machine bootup.
> > (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 YES)
> > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
> >
> > Then I have a blinking cursor. Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect. My only
> > recourse is to press the hardware reset button.
> > I tried
> > boot: linux mem=128m
> > boot: linux aic7xxx=no_reset
> > The later just changed the final error message.
>
> It's a known problem with the Adaptec drivers. Did you tried
> aic7xxx=no_probe ?
>
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