RHEL4 and AIC7899

[Oliver]

>> >> during the first boot from the install CD of RHEL4AS, die system hangs
>> >> while trying the module aic7xxx. It's installed an AIC7899 dualchannel
>> >> onboard in the server (IBM IntelliPro M [6850]). Ther are no IDE
>> >> harddisk
>> >> devices in the computer.
>> >
>> > It sometimes takes a while for the aic7xxx driver to load up on the
>> > initial install (it has to do a SCSI bus reset, then a spinup, then a
>> > probe of the drives).  This has been known to take over three minutes
>> > in some cases.  Did you wait that long?
>> 
>> Hi Rick,
>> 
>> I've waited more than 30 minutes... Just tested the Server with other
>> Linux versions like Knoppix_3.8 and with WindowsXP. Knoppix took 30
>> seconds for probing...
>> 
>> So I don't know, why RHEL4 doesn't recognize the controller correctly.

> Hmmm.  Have you tried installing in text mode and checking the output
> on the other three consoles (ALT-F2, ALT-F3, ALT-F4) to see if there's
> something displayed there that might give a clue?

> You didn't say if the CD was IDE or not (it may well be).  If that's the
> case, you might also try installing with DMA disabled for the IDE bus:
>         boot: linux ide=nodma
> and see if that helps.

Thanks, will try this on saturday and keep you informed...

I  had  started  the  installation  with  the option 'text'. The output of
console  three  was  s.th.  like  "4>  probing aic7xxx". Will give you the
correct data also on saturday.

Regards