Re: Debian & Adaptec AHA 2840VL/2842VL
Otavio Exel wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian 1.3.1 with an Adaptec AHA 2840VL/2842VL
> SCSI card; while the RESC1440 disk is beeing loaded I get a lot of error
> messages; some of them are:
> - encountered spurious interrupt
> - failed to initialize module ?????
> - In swapper task - not syncing
> ..and it hangs!
Dieter Rohlfing wrote:
> I've had a lot of trouble with the debian rescue disk and the 2940 and
> the 2842. It seems, that both are confused by the autoprobe procedure of
> the debian kernel on the rescue disk (RedHat, Caldera, Suse and
> Slackware haven't any problems with these cards).
>
> I solved my problems by compiling a specific kernel (with another
> distribution), copied it to the rescue disk und proceeded sucessfully.
This comes up *really* often, and Debian should provide a few custom
kernels for problem cases such as the Adaptec aic driver.
My custom rescue disk kernel for the Adaptec 2940/2840 is at
ftp://ftp.phys.ocean.dal.ca/users/rhogee/Debian/
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