The problem is a conflict between the aic7xxx driver for the 2940 card and the other SCSI drivers on the standard rescue disk.
See http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/slink/5.1.15/ for a set of install rescue and driver disks which should get you over the hump. Best, T. R. Shemanske > Subject: Install problem - Locks up during boot off of rescue disk. > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:55:38 -0700 > From: Doug Thistlethwaite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Hello, > > I am trying to install debian onto a Dell Optiplex GXM5133 system with > 32 Meg of memory and a Adaptec AHA-2940 bios v1.16 PCI scsi controller. > > I am installing off of floppys with the intention finishing the install > via ftp. > > The rescue disk appears to boot fine and I get to the point where you > press <ENTER> to boot for F1..F? for instructions. When I press enter > everything looks normal until it gets to the scsi0 lines.... The system > locks up at this point. The last three lines are: > > (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X scsi host adapter> found at PCI 12/0 > (scsi0) Narrow Channel, scsi ID=7, 16/255 SCBs > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 412 instructions downloaded > > The system locks up at this point. What should I do? > > Thanks, > > Doug Thistlethwaite >
