Hi all,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Simen Thoresen wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
[snip background]
> >
> > The symptom. When no devices are attached to either 7890, the box boots
> > nicely from a Slackware 4.0.0 install floppy. No disks are available tho.
> >
> > When /any/ disk is attached to either aic7890, the box crashes totally
> > while initializing the kernel (right after the PIIX4 not supported
> > message). The boot disk uses kernel v 2.2.5, compiled with aic78xx support
> > (non smp).
> >
> > The crash is total - no aiee. no panic. Just a black screen. I need to do a
> > hard poweroff on the powersupply to turn the power off.
> >
> > When no devices are attached, both 7890 are detected and initialized
> > without comments.
[snippity snip]
> > Any comments?
>
> This is an FAQ by now. Use the option aic7xxx=no_probe when booting the
> machine if the aic7xxx driver is compiled directly into the kernel or if
> trying to do an install then make sure the aic7xxx driver is loaded with the
> option aic7xxx=no_probe specified on the module insertion command line, aka
> "insmod aic7xxx aic7xxx=no_probe".
>
..I wish it was. By happy accident I was searching for (and not finding
yet..)
reasons why the install I was trying on a Tyan 1696DLUA kept screwing up
when
the boot check got the drive(s) on the aic7895 [status read errors
mainly, and
then hanging completely], when this mail came through. Thanks for the
reply
Doug - i'll try it this evening. Everything else looks OK from a h/w
side,
2 x Celeron 366/128 on PC100 slockets (boots up fine) - although one
thing
spooked : when the kernel reports the bogomips, I get around 2.75. This
was at
the end of the (long) evening so I put it down as something to do
tonight.
I'm presuming this is just a spurious cache enable problem and will
troll
through the BIOS and docs again later - unless i'm going into complete
no-brain mode and anyone has any comments.
> --
> Doug Ledford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Opinions expressed are my own, but
> they should be everybody's.
> -
Cheers
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