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Re: D-I rc2 can't find scsi drives on 440BX/linux26, works on linux24



Jared Rhine wrote:
> I have access to a box on which D-I RC2 will install fine using the
> linux24 target, but fails during the partition disk step with "no
> partitionable media were found" when the linux26 option is used.
> 
> It's a Tyan Thunderbolt 440GX/440BX box with 2x SCSI running on an
> AIC-7896.  aic7xxx itself seems to be properly detected and loaded
> under D-I 2.6.
> 
> I know the 440BX has a rich history of weirdness, which is why I'm not
> filing this as a bug report (unless someone asks), though I couldn't
> find a duplicate per se.  Bug #242114 is described with similar
> platform and history, but I'm pretty sure my issue here isn't the
> partman overlapping partition problem.
> 
> The box works fine under Ubutu Warty, and can be fdisk'ed, mke2fs'ed,
> and accessed normally on both disks.
> 
> Under 2.4, there's a relatively long pause during the aic7xxx
> detection step, but it proceeds fine.

The aic7xxx driver is known to be busted in debian's 2.6.8 kernel. There
are already a lot of bug reports about it.

-- 
see shy jo

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