Well,
I changed aic7xxx with aic7xxx_old in /etc/modules.conf, then I deleted
/boot/initrd-2.4.3-20mdksmp.img, regenerated it with
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.3-20mdksmp.img --preload raid1 --preload raid0
finally riexecuted lilo, reboot and it seems to be ok: no more those timeouts.
Indeed it is "almost" ok, for sometimes I still get this message in
/var/log/messages:
Apr 22 12:05:34 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 679384
Apr 22 12:05:34 localhost kernel: Device 0b:00 not ready.
Apr 22 12:05:34 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 678876
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 03 84 fb 00 00 3f 00
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) SCSISIGI 0xe6, SEQADDR 0x95,
SSTAT0 0x2, SSTAT1 0x13
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) SG_CACHEPTR 0x7c, SSTAT2
0x50, STCNT 0x800
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 03 85 3a 00 00 01 00
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out -
resetting
Apr 22 12:06:57 localhost kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
0.
Apr 22 12:06:59 localhost kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Apr 22 12:06:59 localhost kernel: Device 0b:00 not ready.
Apr 22 12:06:59 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 922604
Apr 22 12:06:59 localhost kernel: Device 0b:00 not ready.
[...]
So still it aint so good. But I was accessing the device with two programs, I
will check it better. Anyway now
1. I can install rpm or use the scsi subsystem ;o)
2. I still CANNOT use scsi cdrom for installation!
Claudio
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System is: Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Kernel 2.4.3
Dual CPU - 256 MB
Raid Software - Level 1
