On 02.09 Kip Lawrence wrote:
> I've encountered a serious error that I would like some advice on. After
> installing cooker(kernel 2.4.1-7) on my system which happens to have a SCSI
> AHA-2940U/UW card here is what I see when trying to boot:
>
> ...
> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.2/5.2.0
> <Adaptex AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> Vendor: Model: {garbage} Rev:
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> sda: sector size 0 reported, assuming 512.
> SCSI device sda: 1 512-byte hdwr sectors(0 MB)
> Partition check:
> sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> unable to read partition table
> VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Undable to mount root fs on 08:01
> ...
>
Some problems with aic7xxx driver update were commented in kernel mailing list.
Look at:
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week06/0859.html
It is fixed in 2.4.1-ac6. I think that patches are included in mandrake
kernel-2.4.1-8.
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