FC3 Install Hang at AIC7xxx driver load

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 22.11.2004 schrieb Peter Torres um 22:24:

> Trying to install FC3 on an Dell Precision 670 machine and it hangs
> forever until hard reboot at the loading AIC7xxx driver.  I can do a
> cntrl-C to continue, but then I have to eventually load a driver in
> order for the installation to recognize the SCSI drives.  Anyone know of
> a driver or solution for the machine?  Specs below:

> Adaptec Embedded SCSI Host RAID Controller AIC7901A
> (2) Seagate SCSI Disk St373453LW

> Pete

Maybe aic7xxx_old will do.

Are there more than the one SCSI controller in the machine? I remember
list posts where people reported such conflicts on Dell hardware.
During install you can switch to console 3 and 4 to see more details.
Maybe that gives a hint.

Alexander


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