Linux install hangs on Initio SCSI card.

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Author: Vaughn Treude
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New-Topics: Red Hat 8.0 freezes with Soyo KT333 Dragon Plus
Subject: Linux install hangs on Initio SCSI card.
Bryce,
I suppose that's a possiblity, and I have seen IDE controllers do just what
you're talking about. I'm not sure why that would be a problem, because the
system has two CD's (one SCSI, one IDE) and I'm installing from the IDE CD.
I could dispense with the SCSI altogether but I hate to lose the Jaz drive.

But the plot thickens. I wasn't totally honest about the
previously-installed Red Hat running "OK." It runs for 2-3 hours, and then
hangs. In the "messages" file, it says something like "Dazed and confused,
do you have an unsual power-saving mode enabled?" I'm going to try turning
all the power-saving stuff off, and if not, I'll have to call the company.
These problems could be related, but probably not. :-(

Thanks anyhow, I'll keep researching it. Any other hints would be greatly
appreciated.

Vaughn


On the previously-installed Red Hat that still runs, the thing


On Wednesday 23 April 2003 18:34, you wrote:
> Are you sure the mobo isn't switching resources around? My Albatron mobo
> would switch the PCI IDE card and the onboard IDS controllers so
> hda(onboard) became hde and the hde to hda. I realize this is all PCI
> but your mobo may be doing it with the scsi too.
>
> On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 12:05, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > Hello all:
> > I've just upgraded one of my systems with a Soyo KT333 Dragon Plus
> > motherboard. It runs OK in an existing Red Hat installation, but I was
> > trying to install the newest Mandrake (9.1.) This system happens to have
> > two SCSI devices (a CD and a Jaz drive) on an Initio-940 (or is it 941?)
> > PCI SCSI card, but the hard drives are EIDE. The problem with the
> > Mandrake install is that it always hangs when it's trying to install the
> > drivers for the Initio. I've tried expert and text modes to no avail.
> > The same thing happens with Red Hat 9.0. I figure that it's probably
> > that the installer is expecting the SCSI controller to have hard drives
> > on it. Is there a parameter I can give it to force it to skip this
> > driver on the install? Perhaps I can install it later. I've noticed
> > that the pre-existing redhat installation did have the initio module
> > loaded and running. Many thanks for any advice you can give me.
> >
> > Vaughn Treude
> > Nakota Software, Inc.
> > Custom Software Design and Development
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