On Sun, 16 May 2004, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: Hi Helge,
> > So far, so good. However, when I boot the machine, either via the > > JumpStart CD or via a floppy based linload->MILO boot configuration, > > almost everytime the boot of the kernel hangs after the following > > diagnostics ... > > Woody boot floppies or new Debian Installer? I've downloaded the beta 4 Debian-Installer image and I'll give it a try at home tonight ... actually I meant to do this over the weekend but the weather was so good that beer and BBQ's beckoned too strongly; please try to forgive me :-) > > (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294x UltraSCSI host adaptor> found at PCI 1/9/0 > > (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSCI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs > > (scsi0) Cables present (INT-50 YES, INT-68 YES, EXT-68 NO) > > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code ... 422 instructions downloaded > > scsi0: Adaptec AHA 274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.31/3.2.4 > > <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adaptor> > > scsi: 1 host. > > and there we hang. Note that I say this "almost" always happens as I did > > manage to get linload.exe and MILO installed and the JumpStart CD > > partitioned the drive. > > > Please have a look at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=241185 > > Though they might not be related and only happend with kernels > > 2.4.20, so this might be different from your problem. If you use the > Debian Installer, then this is understandable, as jumpstart uses a way > older kernel. I'm not sure whether this is related or not. Certainly the JumpStart kernel is old (IIRC the JumpStart ISO image was released 3+ years ago). The symptoms described in the bug report are _similar_ to what I'm experiencing >This kernel (and 2.4.22) fails to boot while 2.4.21-pre1 boots and works >happily. > The last lines (written off the screen by hand, dots indicate skipping) >are >scsi0: Adaptec ... Rev. 6.2.36 > <Adaptec 2940 Ultra ... > aic7880 Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7,16,253 SCBS It's at this point that my boot hangs indefinately, I don't get the following errors at all. >scsi0: PCI error Interrupt at reqaddr: 0x1aa >scsi0: Received a Master Abort I'll try the Installer CD tonight and if that fails fall back onto the Woody boot floppies as suggested. Cheers Gary -- "There are two major products that came out of Berkeley; LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." BOFH Excuse #76: Unoptimised hard drive. Linux, because eventually, you grow up enough to be trusted with a fork()
