definately a BIOS issue then....some motherboards have the problem, others
don't. Anyway, how many people use WD-7000 SCSI controllers anyway? ;)
Dave
On Thu, 6 May 1999, Ossama Othman wrote:
> Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:35:53 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Debian Rescue Floppy / Adaptec bug redux
>
> Hi,
>
> On 6 May, David Bristel wrote:
> > The problem isn't with the Adaptec, it's the Adaptec on certain
> motherboards.
> > I'd be happy to test new patches on the more problematic boards I've
> > experienced, I just don't have the time these days to develop the changes
> > myself. I also think that perhaps it's time to experiment with the 2.2
> kernels.
> > I know this makes for a larger image for the floppy, but it may solve all
> the
> > problems we have been seeing.
>
> Nope. The problem exists with 2.2 kernels as well. I had to create
> Adaptec-only rescue disks for both 2.0.x and 2.2.x kernels in order for
> our hardware to boot properly (i.e w/o crashing everytime a SCSI probe
> is done).
>
> -Ossama
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> Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Center for Distributed Object Computing, Washington University, St. Louis
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