Dear SIr,
I will give it a shot sorry about the two messages to expert as I was
having a problem with sendmail :-( It is better now :-)
Chris B
Todd Lyons wrote:
>
> Chris Brandstetter wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> > I am running an SMP Xeon system and tried to install Mandrake Beta 1,
>
> Just as an aside, Mandrake 8.0 is available, the final release. Look at
> the webpage in my signature and go to the download section to see a list
> of mirrors.
>
> > however, when it reboots there are unresolved symbols in the AIC7XXX
> > Module and thus the Kernel Panics because I can't mount my root
> > partition. I am using an Adaptec AHA2940U2W Controller. ANy Help would
>
> There have been a few people who have complained about the aic7xxx
> controller. It seems to be a problem when your CDRom is also on the
> controller. Could you send specific information about your setup?
> Then, you can also try something for me. Try using one of the following
> boot images from the install CD:
>
> [root@fiji /mnt/cdrom/images/alternatives]# ll
> total 11553
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 928 Apr 18 04:30 MD5SUM
> -r--r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Apr 18 01:18 cdrom.img-2.2.14-BADZ2
> -r--r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Apr 18 01:18 cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5
>
> Specifically, one person's install problems with the aic7xxx controller
> went away when using the BADZ5 image.
>
> Lemme know how it works!
> --
> tlyons at mandrakesoft dot com
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en
