Am Do, den 06.11.2003 schrieb Matthew Walburn um 17:31: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greetings, > > I'm trying to install Fedora Core 1.0 on an older VA Linux 501 server. > It uses a SCSI controller built on the NCR/LSI 53c810 chip. > My problem is that I am unable to load the SCSI driver successfully. I > get stuck in an endless loop of the following messages: > > SCSI host 0 abort (pid0) timed out – resetting > SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. > ncr53c8xx_reset: pid=0 reset_flags=2 serial_number=XX > serial_number_at_timeout=XX > > Where XX begins with 0 and get incremented. > > The part that is sort of frustrating is that this driver worked fine > under Redhat 8, but was then broken under 9, which as kept me on 8 > since. I had been hoping it would be fixed again under Fedora 1.0 so > that I could finally upgrade. > > The only messages I've been able to find on the web that point to > possible solutions are: > > 1) boot with parameters “sym53c8xx=safe:y” or “sym53c8xx=mpar:n” > > This did nothing. > > 2) somehow get the kernel to load the ncr53c8xx driver instead... > apparently it's more stable. > > Is there a way for me to force a particular driver at the linux > install boot: prompt? > > Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Thanks so much! > > - -Matthew Start the installation process with "linux noprobe". This will enable you to select the ncr53c8xx scsi module. I know the problem and that worked for me. All other not, like giving the safe parameter. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
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