[2031] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: scsi.c module patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
Thu Jun 19 12:17:32 1997
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:11:35 -0700
From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
To: rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu
CC: arcangeli@mbox.queen.it, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <33A9257B.3706@piper.hamline.edu> (message from Robert J on Thu,
19 Jun 1997 07:26:35 -0500)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 07:26:35 -0500
From: Robert J <rjohanne@piper.hamline.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
This just means that a particular PCI device in your system has a Device ID
that's not in the kernel's list. That doesn't necessarily indicate a problem
that would interfere with installation.
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.
Assuming you've managed to boot into the Linux installation, the lack of a
floppy shouldn't matter. Lack of a keyboard makes interacting with the
installation process rather difficult, though.
I suggest you see if Red Hat support has any ideas. The linux-scsi mailing
list is not an appropriate forum for questions that are completely unrelated to
SCSI, as this one seems to be.
Leonard
