>This goes along with a bug report I filed a few months back. The WD7000 >auto-probe will cold-lock many systems with an Adaptec SCSI >controller(including >2940), but only on certain systems. I suspect this is a BIOS/chipset bug, >which >I havn't heard of any firm resolution on. This is a NASTY problem which will >prevent initial installation. There was some talk of ways to work around this, >including using RAMDISK as a way to mount the root filesystem during install >and >then selecting which SCSI controller you have, rather than doing a compiled-in >approach to the install kernel image. My own feeling is to just remove the >WD7000 support from the base kernel since I have yet to hear of ANYONE who uses >such a controller. Oh well....
This is definately the most realistic assessment and suggestion I've seen. Herbert, could you build a boot-image without the WD7000 controller support (or as a module?) and upload to stable (for proposed updates)? I might be able to do this as well, if you don't have time. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
