Bug#42146: installation hangs
"Dan Neilson" <dneils@hotmail.com> writes:
> on booting from the rescue floppy, startup proceeds as expected until the
> following line:
>
> md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
>
> after which the startup hangs. From the mailing list archives ca. 14 Dec
> 1998, it appears that this could be solved by disabling the driver that is
> loaded after the md driver. (A SCSI driver, I believe, which in my case is
> unnecessary.)
Yes, that's the qlogic driver, I believe.
> I am attempting this installation of Debian 2.1 on a Micron Transport xpe.
I don't know what this model is, but if I recall correctly,
temporarily removing internal modems and/or sound cards might allow
the system to boot.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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