Bug#41814: continuing problems with Adaptec SCSI during slink install
I once had a trouble with an Adaptec EISA card.
FreeBSD was no problem but the resc. disc did not work.
The solution I used was to hand roll a new resc disc and setting the
delay after SCSI reset to 15 sec.
In today's resc disc's it is already set to 15 sec, so this would not be a
solution for John.
But what he could do is to try a similar dist./OS and when he has
something that works, we can start looking at the differences and finding
a solution.
So, I suggest he try other boot/resc./etc. discs from e.g. FreeBSD,
Slackware, etc. Old or new does not really matter.
He could also check the Adaptec BIOS settings (press C-A at boot).
Remove equipment from the SCSI bus, make sure it is correctly terminated
(if you can talk with the devices from the BIOS it should be correct).
Chio,
/Karl
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On 18 Aug 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> "John Cuson" <Jcuson@labs.isdh.state.in.us> writes:
>
> > i tried both rescue disks (non-eata-dma and only-aic7xxx) and in
> > each case the machine locked after resetting the two scsi channels.
> > here are some of the values from the error page...i didn't copy out
> > the stack or call trace, but if you need them let me know. a
> > cursory perusal of the page suggests that the values were the same
> > after each lockup, but there may have been some differences that i
> > didn't spot.
>
> Yikes, so this looks like a completely different Adaptec problem ...
> Is this for the i386 architecture? I assume so.
>
> Could someone from the testing group that knows about Adaptec check
> out the log on Bug# 41814 and see what they think?
>
> I wonder whether you could also try the *extremely* experimental
> 2.2.11 disks at <http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/boot-floppies/>?
>
> John, the only immediate advice I can give you is to try to replace
> the kernel on the rescue disk with a hand-rolled one for your
> system....
>
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