FC3 Install Hang at AIC7xxx driver load

Peter Torres torresp at nv.doe.gov
Mon Nov 22 23:53:50 UTC 2004


There is only this one on-board scsi controller...

When during the install are you able to switch to console 3 and 4?  Or
how do you switch to console 3 and 4 during the install?

Pete

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:23 +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
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> 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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