[2030] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: scsi.c module patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert J)
Thu Jun 19 08:31:03 1997
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 07:26:35 -0500
From: Robert J <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <arcangeli@mbox.queen.it>
Cc: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
What could be causing the hanging problems I'm having when trying to
install linux in a newly built machine? I've a regular pentium 200mhz
with the intel 430TX chipset, and I've tried several times to install
both redhat 4.1 or 3.0.3. I get error messages of this sort:
First, both dist. report that: warning, unknown pci device
Then they both report a keyboard timed out error, and for redhat 3.0.3,
it does not go beyond this point. It hangs right there and fills the
screen with the same message. redhat 4.1 goes beyond that, and reports
that; floppy0: no floppy controllers found. Why wouldn't my a floppy
controller be found? I'm just amazed because a floppy of all
controllers on the system should be the easiest to find. Also I wonder
if this is related to the keyboard timed out error I get. Also I do get
an error saying that no lp devices connected, would this refer to the
fact that the parrallel port isn't recognized either? For one thing I
know that all those three things (floppy, keyboard & parrallel port) are
controlled by the same controller. So I'm wondering if this is being
due to a non supported controller. The controller is apparently made by
national semiconductor, and it is the same that controls ide
interfaces. My ide harddrive and cdrom are recognized fine;
But shouldn't I be able to install linux without the floppy controller
and keyboard being recognized? I would really appreciate some help on
this, if someone has knowledge about it.
Regards
robert
