Package: debian-installer Version: unstable daily-build 2005-02-21 Baed on symptoms, this seems to be same issue as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107749 - (got same message in dmesg during debian install as below with redhat...)
Workaround given in redhat bug report: remove adaptec card during install (lsi mpt is on-mobo). Excerpted from redhat (tm) bugzilla: Opened by (Nate Golnik) on 2003-10-22 13:11 From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030716 Description of problem: Attempting to install QU2 on a Dell 1750 with an LSI MPT scsi controller for the onboard disks and a Adaptec 39160 for connecting to a Dell Powervault 220. During the install aic7xxx loads followed by mptscsih. Mptscsih fails out with the following: mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup ioc0: ERROR Doorbell Ack timeout (2) ioc0: ERROR Doorbell Ack timeout (2) ioc0: ERROR Diagnostic reset failed (102h) ioc0: Not Ready Warning WARNING: ioc0 did not initalize properly! (-1) Repeats for ioc1 mptbase: 2 mpt adapters found, 0 installed.
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