Hi, I had the same problem, being unable boot of the cd from some machines where I could successfully install redhat linux. And I am still unable to install debian on them.
Suresh On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:43:05PM -0700, e3c wrote: > Thank you for your reply, > > What I thought was Debian loading drivers for the hard drives was actually > Debian identifying the scsi controller since I have a dual controller card it > happens twice. So it was not loading drivers as I first thought. Although I > did disconnect everything except for the the cd-rom I was booting from and the > hard drive I wanted to install to. No luck, still locks in the same place. > Is > there a way to actually determine what is causing the computer to lock. Such > as something that would make the boot process go step by step with a > verification of each step? Or am I destine to yank everything out of the box > to > see if I can get an install that way, and then install one device at a time. > Although now that I have typed it that does not sound to far fetched. Any > ideas? > > Thank you, > Scott > > Jason Quigley wrote: > > > Hi Scott! > > > > Your SCSI card is being identified correctly. Although it's designated > > AH2940x, it uses an AIC7xxx chipset. Here is the output of /proc/pci for my > > card: > > > > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: > > SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 12. Master Capable. > > Late > > ncy=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4. > > I/O at 0x8800 [0x8801]. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xeb000000 [0xeb000000]. > > > > And the dmesg output: > > > > (scsi1) <Adaptec AHA-2940A Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/11/0 > > (scsi1) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs > > (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 423 instructions downloaded > > enable_irq() unbalanced from cc0417b0 > > scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4 > > <Adaptec AHA-2940A Ultra SCSI host adapter> > > scsi : 2 hosts. > > (scsi1:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > > > > The NCR stuff is just there because the kernel has it. This is in order to > > be able to install direct from CD to as many configurations as possible. > > You can ignore it. > > > > Why not try to install without the old HD. You can always add it in later > > when you get a stable system up and running. > > > > Cheers, > > Jason. > > > > --On Thursday, July 13, 2000 18:04 -0700 e3c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > > /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > Suresh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suresh Kumar.R, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Electronics & Communication College of Engineering, Trivandrum - 695 016, INDIA Phone: (O) 91 471 414634/418379, (R) 91 471 443496
