On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 08:20:08AM -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: > I am trying to reinstall an older machine with an Advansys SCSI host adapter > and not having much luck. I have two of the same model adapters and both have > the same issues. When I boot without either in the machine, it gets well past > my error/stopping point. > > I'm booting off of the CD 1, I downloaded it 2 days ago, its worked with > another box I reinstalled yesterday (replacing a sarge install, cleaning out > the basement). I've tried different options expert install and rescue, etc > and they all seem to go awry just after the kernel boots, it recognizes all > the hardware including the scsi adapter. But at some point there is a scsi > bus reset warning then it never seems to complete, it just keeps resetting > and failing. The errors messages cycle and repeat: > > scsi host0: error: init_state 0x1f, warn 0xfffe, error 0x0 > firmware: requisting advansys/mcode.bin > Failed to load image "advansys/mcode.bin" err -2 > scsi 0:0:0:0: SCSI bus reset started... > > The internet seems to say this is a firmware issue, and suggests obtaining > mcode.bin and place it where debian expects it to be, but I don't know where > that is (on my laptop I assume > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/scsi/), but it would be a little > hard to place it since this is the install CD and not an existing system. Can > I mount the CD image and just add the file and burn it to disk? Would I put > the file in a directory or would the installer expect it to be bundled in a > deb/udeb file? Even so the internet also seems skeptical that this will > actually work, but I couldn't find any reason why that is. Thanks for any > pointers. I'm hoping to build a box with every type of scsi interface from > ultra2 LVD down to this advansys with an internal 50-pin connector and > external 25 pin D-sub connector. I can finally go through all my old scsi > hard drives and then actually throw something away!
Yes, it's a firmware issue. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for full details. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120404155957.ga18...@darac.org.uk
