Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found)
Hi, Apologies if this is not appropriate for this list (mailing here is suggested in the installation manual, but I may be doing something stupid, rather than being the vicitim of a bug - I tried debian-user and got the comment that the installer may not be loading the correct module - but how do I change that?) When I boot from CD (2.2r0) to install I am told (after configuring the keyboard) that no hard drives are present. This is not true - the machine has two SCSI disks hanging off a Symbios controller (sym53c8xx - 53c1010 ultra3). The machine came with Red Hat pre-installed (and it works!), so this hardware is supported by Gnu/Linux. How do I install Debian? Is this a bug? Is it fixed in some later release? I can still boot to Red Hat and have cable modem cnxn and CD writer, so could burn more up-to-date CDs if necessary (for example). Or can I install from Red Hat itself? Looking in various FAQs, nothing mentions Symbios, but another make with suspiciously smilar numbers (can't find the reference now) was supported with no boot paramateres. This is what is printed to the console: [...] scsi: fdomain Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No microchannel-bus support present - Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. [...] Note that I have a sym53c8xx, not a sym53c416 as appears above (unless they're the same). Any suggestions/help appreciated. Thanks, Andrew -- http://www.acooke.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found)
Did you try the boot parameter: sym53c8xx=safe:y (just write linux sym53c8xx=safe:y at the boot: prompt) It is mentioned on the help screen, that shows up, if you press F6 immediatly after loading syslinux from the rescue disk. Claus Hindsgaul - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:27 PM Subject: Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found) When I boot from CD (2.2r0) to install I am told (after configuring the keyboard) that no hard drives are present. This is not true - the machine has two SCSI disks hanging off a Symbios controller (sym53c8xx - 53c1010 ultra3). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found)
Hi, I didn't try that (thanks), but when I do the problem persists. The console output has now changed to (copied by hand, so maybe odd errors): [...] scsi: fdomain Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 sym53c8xx: setup=disc:n,specf:0,ultra:0,tags:0,sync:255,burst:255,wide:n,diff:1,revprob:n,buschk:0x1 sym53c8xx: setup=mpar:n,spar:y,fsn=n,verb:2,debug:0x0,led:n,settle:10,irqm:0x1,nvram:0x1,pcifix:0x0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No microchannel-bus support present - Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. [...] I don't understand all that, but could those sym53c8xx params be wrong? The disks and controller are (wide) Ultra3 (afaik). Does the SCSI bios need altering? As I said earlier, the machine boots RH OK with the same bios settings (not trying to push RH down your throat, it's just evidence that the BIOS might be OK :-) Thanks for you help (and sorry for not reading the help on that initial screen - I know how annoying it is when users miss the obvious feature put there to help them...). Andrew On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 01:26:46PM +0100, Claus Hindsgaul wrote: Did you try the boot parameter: sym53c8xx=safe:y (just write linux sym53c8xx=safe:y at the boot: prompt) It is mentioned on the help screen, that shows up, if you press F6 immediatly after loading syslinux from the rescue disk. Claus Hindsgaul - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:27 PM Subject: Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found) When I boot from CD (2.2r0) to install I am told (after configuring the keyboard) that no hard drives are present. This is not true - the machine has two SCSI disks hanging off a Symbios controller (sym53c8xx - 53c1010 ultra3). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.acooke.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bad install with SCSI (sym53c8xx - no hard drive found)
This was due to: - using 2.2r0 (53c1010 cards are only supported in later 2.2 kernels) - not using the appropriate boot parameter (press F1 before booting) Thanks to all who helped (especially Lee at dnuk.com), Andrew On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 01:27:44PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] When I boot from CD (2.2r0) to install I am told (after configuring the keyboard) that no hard drives are present. This is not true - the machine has two SCSI disks hanging off a Symbios controller (sym53c8xx - 53c1010 ultra3). [...] -- http://www.acooke.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
