I've heard of this being a problem for RH6.0 machines (a friend of mine
also couldn't use his Adaptec automatically) but as I recall, booting in
expert mode and explicitly requesting that the aic7xxx.o module be loaded
fixed it. I've installed RH6.0 with an Adaptec 2940UW without any
problems. Might be a subtle chipset difference that's causing it to not
auto-detect. If that doesn't do it for you, go to updates.redhat.com and
get the latest images... RedHat's known for screwing up their boot images
from time to time :)
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Werner Kliewer wrote:
> This may be so. But I vaguely recall (my email has been dead for a week because
> someone re-arranged our mail servers and didn't tell me) that this was a case
> where both the "create boot disk" and "install lilo" parts of the installation
> failed. I ended up booting from the install disk, using the rescue disk and
> creating both those things with a chroot. But I forgot to generate the initrd
> image, so I probably had no driver available.
>
> If the driver is in the initrd, it should be loaded automatically when needed
> during the boot, but that will not work if I don't have a proper initrd image.
> Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Neither of these explains why my AHA2945 controllers are not seen by the RedHat
> 6.0 install process, but perhaps the SCSI drivers are not on the NET Install
> image?
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tani
> Hosokawa wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Tani Hosokawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: aix7xxx install images...
> >
> > I might be totally off-base on this, but isn't the aic7xxx.o module on the
> > initrd? You ought to be able to load it at the LILO prompt...
> >
> > On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Steve Wampler wrote:
> >
> > > Werner Kliewer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to install RedHat 6.0 in an IBM Netfinity 5000 server.
> > > >
> > > > I have a single hard drive at address 0 attached to the internal (B)
> > > > channel of the motherboard mounted AIC-7895 controller, and a single
> > > > tape drive at address 1 attached to the external (A) channel of the
> > > > same controller.
> > > >
> > > > When I run the RedHat 5.2 install process from CD-ROM I have no trouble
> > > > finding the controller and hard drive and installing, all using default
> > > > auto-probe methods.
> > > >
> > > > When I run the RedHat 6.0 install the SCSI controller is not found via
> > > > autoprobe, and I have not yet figured out what boot options I should
> > > > try to make this work. One significant difference between the installs
> > > > is that this one must be done via NFS as I have not yet received my
> > > > Official RedHat install package (it IS on order) nor do I have the
> > > > wherewithal to cut my own until my new Jaz drive arrives (also on
> > > > order). The built-in network interface is discovered without even
> > > > prompting me.
> > >
> > > The installed kernel has the AIC7xxx driver as a module, which means it
> > > can't load the driver if the module is on the drive (sigh). (The installation
> > > kernel has the driver embedded in it, which is why it works...)
> > >
> > > You might try the following, it's close to what I did to get around the
> > > problem (I tried a *lot* of things before stumbling on something that works).
> > >
> > > If you install using "expert" mode, CTRL+ALT+F2 is a bash shell. Before
> > > finishing the installation, but after the packages have been installed
> > > switch to this shell and build a new version of the kernel with the driver
> > > loaded directly (you will likely need to play games with chroot and mount,
> > > etc.
> > > before doing the build). Then install this custom kernel (exit chroot or
> > > whatever) and allow the installation to finish.
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Steve Wampler {[EMAIL PROTECTED]}
> > > The gods that smiled upon your birth are laughing now. -- fortune cookie
> > >
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> > tani hosokawa
> > river styx internet
> >
>
> Werner Kliewer
> Manitoba Public Insurance
>
>
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