Re: system lock on boot
Thank you for your reply,
What I am trying to load as far as I have been able to tell is slink 2.1. However the
package that I purchased has nothing called tecra on it. Is this another boot image or
? If it is a boot image is it available ftp on the www?
Thank you for your time,
Scott
Ron Rademaker wrote:
> I guess you should try using the tecra image (on the official cd release
> of slink (2.1), it's on cd 2 if I recall correctly, so try booting from cd
> 2)
>
> Ron Rademaker
>
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, e3c wrote:
>
> > I am new to Debian so I hope I am giving the needed information to
> > recieve help from the Debian comunity.
> >
> > My scsi controller (Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW Dual) supports
> > bootable cd-roms. I am trying to install
> > Debian 2.1 (kernel 2.2.12) from a VA Linux distribution I purchased in a
> >
> > store. I boot from the cd-rom and press
> > <enter> to start the installation. Things start to scroll
> > across the screen and then the computer
> > locks, not responding to anything but a warm reboot. Before
> > it hangs it looks like it is loading
> > drivers for my hard disks connected to my scsi card. I have
> > three hard drives and two cd-roms. The
> > bootable hard drive is at id 0, another at id 1, another at id 2, and
> > two cd-roms at id 3 and 4. The scsi controller id is at 7. After what
> > looks like the second scsi device being detected "(scsi1)" the system
> > locks. The last two lines on the screen read:
> >
> > (scsi1) downloading sequencer code... 374 instructions downloaded
> > NCR53c406a: no available ports found
> >
> > Also I notice that Linux identifies my scsi card incorrectly
> > as a AIC 7895 U
> >
> > My guess is that it has found something it does not like
> > with my hard drive that is at id2. (it is
> > an old hard drive that came out of my first computer, an IBM
> > P/S 2 80). As it still works I have kept it. I am currently running NT
> > 4.0 service pack 5 on my system
> > and after a brief experience with windows 2000 I am actively seeking a
> > new OS.
> >
> > I have tried to specify (blindly I admit) a boot parameter that would at
> > lest get me to the install screen. But to no avail. I have read the
> > boot parameter information found through the F4 and F5 options on the
> > boot disk and what I could find in the Debian tutorial and the Guide on
> > the Debian web site. I still feel clueless as how to truely use a boot
> > parameter. Or how to get to the install screen.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will be checking
> > my e-mail regularly so I am able to supply
> > any more information that might be needed.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
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