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zzap
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 Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject: Autodetection of scsi hangs on aic7xxx_old |
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Hi,
all my disks and cdroms are scsi so obviosly I choose to boot the livecd with the option doscsi . When it scans for scsi adapters it detects my aic7xxx correctly but it continues to scan and hangs on aic7xxx_old. Is there anay way to tell it to just load the asci7xxx and skip the autodetection?
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delta407
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Autodetection of scsi hangs on aic7xxx_old |
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| zzap wrote: | | Is there anay way to tell it to just load the asci7xxx and skip the autodetection? |
No, at least not with 1.4_rc2. I had the same problem a while ago (but with different drivers, see bug #15164). My solution was to boot the LiveCD telling it not to detect anything. Assuming your CD-ROM is on the same controller, this makes the LiveCD unable to locate itself, at which points it drops to a prompt (within the initrd). From there, insmod /lib/[kernel]/your/driver/here.o and hit Ctrl-D to leave the prompt. The LiveCD will re-scan everything, find itself, and boot normally -- and since you specified 'noscsi', it won't probe for any other controllers.
Also, file a bug about this. The Gentoo guys like to know about probing problems.
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zzap
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, that worked like a charm.
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Jiffy
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| I just had the same problem with a Dell PowerEdge 6350. Fix worked for me too. |
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