Op 25-09-2007 om 23:02 schreef Gilles Sadowski: > > In one of my trials, I made sure to install the same kernel > as reported by 'uname' during the installation. This would not boot. > > With the RAID add-on card removed I installed the (debian) kernel 2.6.21. > Same behaviour. > > >In other words: I have no explaination what causes the failed boot. > >(with other media as netinst, I would have culpritt the new kernel.) > > > > Is there a way to know where the kernel hangs, > since there is this single dot that is printed before the freeze?
That question is read by me as Teach me the art of Linux kernel development. > >> Now the question is: How to boot with the card plugged in? I have a idea that might brings us one step further: What I understood from previous postings, is that debian-installer does boot with the card plugged in. So one should be able to get the PCI ID of the odd card. * Boot the debian-installer * Select language * Select keyboard * Press ALT-F2 to get to the next virtual console * Press enter, to get open a shell * Enter the command `lspci` - find out in which slot the bogus card is - for now assume the PCI slot number is 02:20:0e.0 * Enter the command `lspci -ns 02:20:0e.0` - you get output like 02:20:0e.0 0101: 1044:c05g - where '1044:c05g' is the PCI ID * Write down the PCI ID * Abort the installer by the command `halt` Use the PCI ID during the search for more information about the special card you have bought. I guess there is a kernel boot parameter for this card. Booting with that extra parameter should get you a bootable computer. Let us, the mailinglist, known how to boot with the adaptec 2400 > >That is question is now back on the mailinglist. > >Please keep it there ( as in "avoid private postings" ) > > [Easy, as I can hit "reply" now.] Previous poster is Carbon-Copied, no reply-to set. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
