Bug#37256: Boot disk crashes on HP NetServer E 50 after SCSI downloading
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.1.9-1999-03-03
Attempting to install slink on a Netserver E 50. Using either the
Debian 2.1 CD or a rescue floppy for booting, the kernel hangs
immediately after the aic7xxx module initializes (right after the '419
instructions downloaded'), requiring a an actual power cycle or hard
reset to recover. The root1440tecra.bin kernel boots normally but does
not recognize the adapter (doen't look like this kernel has SCSI
compiled in.)
The system is a PII 300 with an Adaptec 7880 controller.
Strangely, this system already has stock RedHat 5.2 installed on it,
working normally. Here is the output from /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0:
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.7/3.2.4
Compile Options:
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 15
AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING: Adapter Support Enabled
Check below to see which
devices use tagged queueing
AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE : Enabled (This is no longer an option)
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Disabled
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter
Ultra Wide Controller
PCI MMAPed I/O Base: 0xfecff000
Adapter SEEPROM Config: SEEPROM found and used.
Adaptec SCSI BIOS: Enabled
IRQ: 11
SCBs: Active 0, Max Active 1,
Allocated 15, HW 16, Page 255
Interrupts: 3694
BIOS Control Word: 0x18a6
Adapter Control Word: 0x005f
Extended Translation: Enabled
Disconnect Enable Flags: 0xffff
Ultra Enable Flags: 0x0001
Tag Queue Enable Flags: 0x0000
Ordered Queue Tag Flags: 0x0000
Default Tag Queue Depth: 8
Tagged Queue By Device array for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}
Actual queue depth per device for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}
Statistics:
(scsi0:0:0:0)
Device using Wide/Sync transfers at
40.0 MByte/sec, offset 8
Device Negotiation Settings
Period Offset Bus Width
User 012 008 1
Goal 012 008 1
Current 012 008 1
Total transfers: 3182/435 read/written)
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