I've seen reports on the aic7xxx and linux-kernel mailing lists about device-negotiation error under the more recent versions of the driver. Many of them sounded quite similar to what you've described. You might try creating a custom install-disk, using an older version of the driver... you can find them at ftp://ftp.dialnet.net/pub/linux/aic7xxx/OLD/.
> I've been having problems when (re)installing the Debian distribution using > the 2.0.8_1998-06-23 *14* installation disk images. > > On two different systems, with two different Adaptec controllers (AHA-2940AU > and AHA-7880), I have had major problems getting the rescue disk to recognize > my second scsi drive. > > I have not had this problem (at all) with the 2.0.6_1998-05-12 distribution > disks. > > At times, I have had to revert to using the 2.0.6_1998-05-12 set, rather than > use the newer 2.0.8 set (it's only been recently - and even then, with > difficulty [I get timeout errors, if the second drive is recognized at all]) > to get both disks to be 'seen' by the installation media. > > I am using one IBM DCAS-34330W, and one IBM DCAS-34330 (drives a and b in that > order). > > I don't know what the problem is, other than maybe a 'newer and better' > aic7xxx driver being used. There are no errors generated when the second > drive isn't found; only when it is, and then (sometimes) timeout errors. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
