Re: AdvanSys SCSI timeout on 1st kernel boot
On Sunday 21 January 2001 01:18:pm, Marc Mongenet wrote:
> Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Marc Mongenet <Marc.Mongenet@freesurf.ch> writes:
> > > Hello, I am trying to install Debian 2.2r2 from scratch (bootable CDROM
> > > or floppies) but the 2.2.18pre21 kernel is (most of the time ~95%) not
> > > able to recognize my SCSI drives. Here is the interesting part of the
> > > kernel log (booting with Rescue compact floppy) :
> > >
> > > scsi0: Advansys SCSI 3.2M: PCI Ultra 240 CDB: IO D400/F, IRQ 10
> > > scsi : 1 host.
> > > scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0,
> > > id 0, lun 0 0x00 00 00 00 00 00
> >
> > It's saying it's getting a SCSI timeout trying to talk to the device
> > at SCSI ID #0.
> >
> > This is a pure kernel issue. Assuming it's not a hardware/scsi cable
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
>
> It 's definitely not a hardware problem. It works perfectly (since 1997)
> with 2.0.x and also with a "simplified" 2.2.18 someone sent me.
>
> > problem, I would recommend looking into what
> > boot arguments are accepted by the program.
>
> Well, I found nothing about AdvanSys in the Debian boot documentation.
> Where should I look for ?
>
> > If there's a problem with that kernel, please file a bug against
> > the package kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-compact .
>
> Will be done very soon.
> Note that I tried with compact & non-compact, both failed.
> I also tried with idepci, but had another problem :
> Detected scsi removable disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/20x xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8890760 [4341 MB]
> [4.3 GB] Partition check:
> sda:<3>ll_rw_block: Trying to read nonexistent block-device 08:00
> (0) unable to read partition table
>
> Maybe I didn't loaded enough modules, but again it's quite difficult to
> find the documentation.
>
> > --
> > .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
By The By .... We are having the exact problem....... But this is a new
system.. The only diff is that we messed with the partiotion table right
before this problem occured .. before hand it booted just fine..... now.....
and nothing has chnged same kernel same OS.
will let oyu know if we find anything... PS we are not using the same SCSI
drive or Bios.....
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