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Adaptec Boot Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Tongue)
Wed Jul 12 00:00:12 1995
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 16:25:33 -0600
From: Tom Tongue <ttongue@aoc.nrao.edu>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: ttongue@vger.rutgers.edu
Howdy!
I'm trying to setup my new computer with Linux, and I'm having trouble
getting the initial Boot sequence to work with my Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI
adapter (Ie, I insert the Boot disk used in installing linux, and either
enter nothing at the boot prompt, or one of the following lines:
ramdisk aha2940=0x340,11,7,1
ramdisk aha294x=0x340,11,7,1
ramdisk aha2940w=0x340,11,7,1
and I get 0 hosts detected). Trying the following line:
ramdisk aha152x=0x340,11,7,1
results in:
<all lines up to FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077...>
aha152x: processing comandline: portbase 0x340 fails probe
Kernel panic: aha152x panics in line 613
In swapper task - not syncing
And then it locks solid. I've verified that 0x340,11 and 7 are the right
parameters, and changing the portbase to 0x140 gives the same result. Both
the disks on the machine are on a SCSI bus, so I don't have the option of
installing on a IDE drive first and then fighting it from there. Any
suggestions? Thanks!
-Tom
