>>Just installed gentoo stage3 on an IBM Netfinity 4000R and I'm getting the following >>kernel panic when I try to boot. >This is my first attempt at installing gentoo. >>What have I done wrong? >> >>> Partition check: >> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 >> ---- Detected aic7xxx hardware >> ---- Scanning for aic7xxx_old...PCI: Enabling device 02:0f.0 (0116 -> >> 0117) >> (scsi1) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 2/15/0 >> (scsi1) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs >> (scsi1) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 NO) >> (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 436 instructions downloaded >> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.4/5.2.0 >> <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> >> scsi0: Spurious SCSI interrupt >> scsi0: Spurious SCSI interrupt >> scsi0: Spurious SCSI interrupt >> scsi0:A:10:255 Attempt to issue message failed >> Kernel panic: HOST_MSG_LOOP with invalid SCB 0 >> >> In interrupt handler - not syncing >> >> >> Thanks, Philip >> >> >> >Nothing really. I had the same problem (install from stage 1) I was >fortunate as I didn't need my scsi card to boot with (cdrom and scanner >are scsi) I removed my scsi card compiled the kernel with aic7xxx built >in and deselected all other scsi cards in menuconfig. I shut it down, >replaced the scsi card and booted into my new system. It seems that >hotplugging is erroniously detectings cards you don't have ie: >aic7xxx_old, AHA-294x and so on. I had quite a few posts replying saying >that my kernel was the culprit but that was of no help. Is your scsi >card builtin or an addon?
Thanks for the info. In my case the only hard drive in the system is scsi. The cd-rom is ide. I'll try compiling in the aic7xxx stuff and see if that helps. The scsi adapter is an addon card.
