Re: Trouble with WD7000 SCSI card

[Josep Egea <jes rednsi com>]

Hi again,

> > I'm having problems trying to install RH Linux 4.2 Intel using a  
> > SCSI CD-ROM (NEC) and a Western Digital 7000 (FASST) SCSI
> > Card.When
> > the installation process asks for the SCSI driver to use I choose  
> > WD7000 but it doesn't work.
>
> 1. Make sure you read the RedHat Linux 4.1 errata about 8 MB
> systems.
>
> 2. Checkout what reports you get on the other consoles.
> (toggle with Alt-F1, Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4) and give
> us some more details on the (error) messages.
>
>
> Hugo.

Thanks for your quick response. After reading the related errata  
doc, I've tried to install with "linux mem=7M", as suggested. What  
happens then is the following:

If I "Autoprobe" the driver, the system hangs while showing a  
dialog saying "Scanning SCSI bus...". Even changing to other  
consoles (alt-f2, alt-f3, etc) doesn't work. I must hard-reboot the  
machine.

If I provide the options "wd7000=15,6,0x350" an error dialog  
appears in the main console saying "I can't find the device anywhere  
on your system". Pressing alt-f3 shows some log messages, with the  
last one:

running /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /tmp/wd7000.o wd7000=15,6,0x350
insmod failed

If I do it again, booting with the installation disk and no  
arguments, trying to autoprobe the card gives a "General  
protection:0000" and what appears to be a stack backtrace of the  
"insmod" process in the fourth console (alt-f4). All other symptoms  
are similar.

Needless to say, I will gladly accept any suggestion... :-)
Thanks
Josep Egea