Slackware 9.0 and scsi problem

[John Finkenbine]

> On Wednesday 21 May 2003 8:11 am, John Finkenbine wrote:
> > > On 05/20/03 14:13, John Finkenbine wrote:
> > > > Okay, I tried saying at the boot prompt:  "ramdisk aic7xxx_old"
> > > > but I got the same result as before, i.e., no scsi controller
> > > > detected, but an apparent RAID array detected.  For what it's
> > > > worth, I see messages during booting such as:
> > > >
> > > > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter,
> > > > errno = 2 .... md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2 .... md:
> > > > Autodetecting RAID arrays
> > > >
> > > > I have gotten the same messages no matter what boot parameters I
> > > > have tried.  Not sure what to try next.
> > >
> > > A different distro?
> > >
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> > As Lonni says, I *could* try a different distro.  But, I have the
> > feeling tha Slack 9.0 really ought to work, if I only knew what I
> > was doing wrong.  I am most intrigued by Ted's recollection that the
> > aic7xxx module has changed and that I need to use an older version. 
> > I looked at all the docs I could find on the 9.0 CD, but saw no
> > mention of changes to this module.  Ted couldn't remember for sure
> > what was the name of the older version and I have had no luck
> > finding out on my own.  Any ideas what the name is and where it is
> > to be found during installation?
> >
> 
> Ted was right on all accounts.  The module name is aic7xxx_old and it
> was written by someone at RH.  The newer module was written by....
> <drumroll>  Adaptec and it sucks, at least with the 2940x group of
> controllers.  Continuous errors.
> 
> However, the new module has been around for a couple of years so 
the
> changes are nothing new....  Check to see what 8.0 was running.  They
> may have switched to using the new module in 9.0.
> 
> > Or, I could just use Slack 8.0, which works fine, but that would be
> > too easy.  :-)
> >
> > John
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> + Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         05/21/03 
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> 

Hmm.  Interesting that the module name is "aic7xxx_old".  Where/how 
did you find that piece of info?  I did try giving that as a boot parameter 
but the scsi adapter was not detected.

Slack 8.0 had a specific boot diskette for aic7xxx.  It works.  Slack 8.1 
went to the new system, just like Slack 9.0.  For these there is an 
adaptec.s boot diskette which supports a number of different Adaptec 
cards, including the aic7xxx models.  It is this boot diskette that thinks 
it is seeing a RAID controller and not the simple scsi adapter.

The plot thickens.

John