Jesper Andersson wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I recently tried to install Mandrake 7.0 Linux on a system based on an
> Intel L440GX+ server board with dual pentium processors, an Adaptec
> AIC-7896 SCSI controller and a Cirrus Logic GD5480 on-board graphics
> controller (which should all be supported).
>
> When installing Linux the installation takes several hours (>8h), rather
> than the expected minutes and when installation is complete disc access
> is very erratic to say the least. Attempting to copy a handful of files
> from one place to another yields hundreds of error messages (SCSI time
> out) and the copying takes ridicously long time (hundreds of times
> slower than expected). Once copied the files seem OK though.
>
> I suspected a hardware problem and did a low level format of the disc
> and attempted to install Windows98. This installation went without
> problems in the expected time (a couple of tens of minutes) and there
> were no disc access problems once installed.
>
> I then went back and tried to install Mandrake again, with the same
> results.
>
> Hence, it seems that the device driver for the Adaptec AIC-7896 is
> buggy/not compatible with the SCSI bios I have.
>
> Has anyone reported similar problems, and more importantly, is there a
> fix for it.
>
> Best regards
> Jesper Andersson
try a teckram scsi board or an old adaptec 2940 board i have Micron Servers
running with dual processors and scsi drives and seem not to have any
problem running mandrake.... actually it rips!!!
