Hey fellas,
I wonder, since I am having trouble with my zip250 scsi drive,
(slow to mount and umount) is this related??
Can I get a newer (or older) version of the aic7xxx module?
Thanks
On Tuesday 12 June 2001 08:10 am, so spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> 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
