Folks, I've got a Dell Poweredge 2300 [*], with Redhat 6.0
on it, but I'm getting almost nowhere on a 6.1 upgrade
because of an apparent SCSI-related issue...
'm getting a little way with a (yes, updated) boot* (or
bootnet*) disk [I've specified language, keyboard, IP#s,
etc], and it will pop up a box
Loading SCSI driver
Loading aic7xxx driver...
and just sit there evermore.
The first thing I tried was: "linux aic7xxx=no_probe"
(having read various things on the net). No particular
joy.
Next I tried with a RH6._0_ bootnet disk (remember, this
must have worked in the past!). It eventually just hung (no
message or anything).
Next I said, "When I built the machine, I didn't have the
2940U2W card in", so I ripped it out (temporarily)...
Without "aic7xxx=no_probe", I got the same problem as
before. With it, I got through to the rh6.1
installification, but it couldn't see any of my disks (at
all).
Now, sometime after RH6.0 install, we fiddled some (SCSI)
BIOS settings in what-we-thought-were-innocent ways.
Next shot will be to try "undo"ing that, and see if things
spring back to life. Anybody with hot tips about what to
look for?
Will
[*] It's got an on-board AIC-7890 SCSI controller, with 4
Ultra2-LVD disks hanging off it. It's got an on-board
AIC-7860, with nothing hanging off it. It's got an extra
card (Adaptec) AHA-2940U2W, with a DLT tape drive hanging
off it.
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