I did, sort of. It turns out that the version of the aic7xxx driver used
during the installation of LM8 is incompatible with many - if not all - SCSI
cdroms. I ended up replacing the cdrom with an IDE unit and the install ran
without timeouts. The install time went from about 6 hours down to about 20
minutes.
As I understand, the version of aic7xxx used in the LM8 2.4.3 kernel that is
installed does not have this problem, nor do the later kernels (I think Alan
incorporated the fix in 2.4.3ac-something). Supposedly you can switch back
to the SCSI cdrom post install. I've also since found out that installing a
physical terminator on the narrow chain (where the cdrom is) also helps fix
this problem in some setups. Also, make sure your adapter is at the latest
bios level. This problem reportedly happens more often in older adapters due
to a backwards-comaptibility issue between old and new BIOS' from Adaptec.
However, I had such a horrible time with LM8, I've since gone back to LM7.2.
If 8.1 doesn't come soon and prove (a) easier to burn to CD and (b) more
stable than 8.0 I'm considering moving back to RedHat or possibly to SuSE.
This is not the first time I've had SCSI related problems on LM.
-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Grant
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: 6/12/01 8:31 AM
Subject: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and aic7xxx
jlemay,
I'm have a similar problem to :
> scsi0:0:1:0: Command found on device queue
> aic7xxx_abort returns 8194
> scsi0:0:1:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT
Did you eventually find a solution, and if so what?
Regards
Duncan Grant
Indovision
