On Thu, 7 May 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: : I downloaded the Official CD images 2 or 3 months ago and did all the : checks and balances before burning a CD. I also checked the CD image : file against the burned image (dd and cmp under a UNIX system) and found : no errors. : : I tried to install from the CD using a DOS boot and running the : install.bat file to start Linux (the one in the /boot directory). : : Initially, the kernel would find the 2740 cards, download "sequencer : code", reset the bus (3 times, once for each card), do a few other : things (qlogicisp probe and eata-dma probe) and panic with the message : "Encounterd spurious interrupt". I checked the EISA config for the : cards and found they were set to "level" trigger on the interrupts, : changed this to "edge" trigger. The kernel then reports 3 spurious : interrupts (1 per card, I presume), then aborts some scsi command due to : timeout, resets the scsi bus, then enter an endless loop timeing out and : resetting. The abort message is "aborting command due to timeout: pid0, : scsi0, channel0, id0, lun0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00". : : I have also created the boot floppy (rescue disk) from the CD and tried : to boot from it with the same results. I have just downloaded from the : ftp site the rescue disk image, on the off chance that there have been : changes (but this looks unlikely - the CD image is 1.3.1 and the : directory and time stamps look like mine). : : I have also checked the FAQ and scanned the currently open bugs lists to : no avail. : : Any thoughts/suggestions would be most appreciated.
Have you tried a rescue disk with a kernel that has ONLY AIC7XXX SCSI support? Most 2740s are pretty touchy about being probed by other drivers. I haven't used my 486 VLB w/2740 for a long time (new toys) but I can break it out of retirement to do some testing .. If you need a kernel compiled, let me know. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
