[926] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: scsi problem with 2.0.18
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hartmut Niemann)
Thu Nov 14 02:42:49 1996
From: Hartmut Niemann <niemann@cip.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de>
To: bcboy@dorothy.ccs.brandeis.edu (Brian Craft)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 08:36:54 +0100 (MEZ)
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux SCSI)
In-Reply-To: <199611132028.PAA07769@dorothy.ccs.brandeis.edu> from "Brian Craft" at Nov 13, 96 03:28:12 pm
Brian,
>
> Hi. I'm trying to run the 2.0.18 kernel, and having boot problems with a
> 2940UW scsi controller. The 2.0.10 kernel ran w/no problems, and the RedHat
> Colgate install disk also ran w/no problems, which I think is a 2.0.18 kernel.
> However, the installed .18 kernel fails, as follows:
>
> scsi: 0 hosts
The card was not detected. If 2.0.10 runs fine, it must (wildly guessing:-) be
the kernel. Did you include all SCSI support needed? maybe just try again.
Of course you may not compile the SCSI stuff as a module if you want to
boot from a SCSI drive. (And Adaptec as a module seems to have special
problems, from what i read.)
It could be interesting to move right up to 2.0.25 (or whatever latest) because
somewhere around 2.0.11 there must have been changes in the Adaptec driver that
caused several problems I read about; some (all?) things were fixed around
2.0.23 and .24. (Avoid .24 for X performance reasons. 25 is reported to be fine
again.)
> scsi: detected total
> Partition check:
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>
> Any ideas what would cause this?
>
> b.c.
>
Good luck!
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