Re: Anybody in for helping a new debian user with aic7xxx ?
In your email to me, Dieter Rohlfing, you wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> since 2 weeks I'm trying to install the debian linux distribution, first
> attempt was with 1.2.8, second with 1.3.1. Both resulted in crashing
> down during the boot process (look for subject "install problem: aic7xxx
> encountered spurious IRQ / aborting command due to timeout").
Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem,
and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek.
> During the last 2 weeks I got the impression, that it is more important
> for the participants of this mailing list to discuss about debian
> policies and politics than helping a new user.
I'm sorry you have that impression. From time to time, there are
threads that don't belong on here.
> I can't imagine, that none of the debian users has an Adaptec controller
> in his PC. Where is the excellence of the debian distribution, when it's
> unable to install on a conventional hardware, where Caldera, Suse,
> RedHat and Slackware can without any problems.
>
> Don't talk, face the facts! And fact is, that debian can't install on a
> conventional hardware. Has anybody a solution for the problem? Has
> anybody more to offer than talk?
The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best. I have a
production system with a 4 month old 2940 in it that runs
with no problem. Ny system at home, OTOH, has an 18 month old
2940, and it panics about every 2 weeks. This is a problem with
the driver, not the distribution.
Tim
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