RE: loading aic7xxx module at early install stage freezes PC

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

> Hi,
> 
> I have a dual-P3/750Mhz machine w/Intel L440GX+ server MoBo 
> w/integrated
> Adaptec AIC-7896N SCSI adapter. The machine is happily running RH6.2,
> equipped with a system IDE "hda" disk and data SCSI "sda" disk.
> 
> Now as I wanted to upgrade it to 7.2, I backuped the data over the
> network, inserted Net Boot floppy (I have all 7.2 stuff on a 
> PC in LAN),
> rebooted. The install goes all the way to the screen when I enter NFS
> server for the install. On clicking Next, it shows a window 
> 
> "Installing aic7xxx module"
> 
> and the machine freezes, only Reset helps.
> 
> RH 6.2 uses also aic7xxx module w/o any problems.
> 
> Any hint how to deal with this strange problem?
> 
> regards, Michal.
> 
> 
> -- 
>   Michal Szymanski (msz astrouw edu pl)
>   Warsaw University Observatory, Warszawa, POLAND

Try installing with `linux apci` at the boot prompt.  I think that Red Hat
dropped support for these boards, and they are now on the kernel black-list.

Forrest