Hi I have tried for the first time to install Debian GNU/Linux Potato from the official CDs. The kernel hangs while trying to recognize an ISA scsi card that comes with a scanner Mustek Paragon 1200-SP. I know there is no driver under Linux for this kind of cards, not even Windows recognizes it (Chip Symbios Logic 53C400A, I/O Port 280, no interrupt and no DMA) . I tried to start the kernel with linux reserve=0280 (or 0288), I have tried also with the parameter linux gdth=disable:y, but nothing worked. I finally managed to install Debian GNU/Linux by removing this card, what of course is not a long time solution .... There is a copy the boot sequence in the attached file debian_bootlog.txt . Thanks a lot for some help. Pierre Burri, Berlin
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 scsi0: interrupts not enable. for better interactive performance, scsi0: please jumper the board for a free IRQ, scsi0: at 0x0288 interrupts disabled options CAN_QUEUE=32 CMD_PER_LUN=2 release=3 generic options AUTOPROBE_IRQ AUTOSENSE PSEUDO DMA UNSAFE generic release=7 Failed initialisation of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchanel-bus support present -> Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-xxxx: tw_findcard(): No cards found. scsi0: Pro Audio Spectrum-a6 SCSI scsi: 1 host. scsi: aborting due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0. channel 0, id 0, lun 0, Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 scsi0 : aborting command scsi0 : destination target 0, lun 0, command = Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 NCR3580 : coroutine is running. STATUS_REG: 01, PARITY BASR: 00 ICR: 00 MODE: 01, MODE ARBITRATION scsi0: REQ not asserted, phase unknown. NCR3580 core release=7, PAS16 release=3 Base Addr: 0x00000 io_port: 0288 IRQ: None. Hightwater I/O busy_spin_counts -- write: 0 read: 0 NCR3580 : coroutine is running. scsi0: no currently connected command scsi0: issue queue scsi0: disconnected queue scsi0 : aborting command scsi0 : destination target 0, lun 0 command = Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 NCR5380 : coroutine is running. STATUS_REG: 00 BASR: 00 ICR: 00 MODE: 01 , MODE ARBITRATION scsi0 : phase MSGOUT NCR5380 core release=7. PAS16 release=3 Base Addr: 0x00000 io_port: 0288 IRQ: None. Highwater I/O busy_spin_counts -- write:0 read: 0 NCR3580 : coroutine is running. scsi0: no currently connected command scsi0: issue queue scsi0: disconnected queue scsi0: warning : SCSI command probably completed successfully before abortion