[NTLUG:Discuss] MDK 10.1 Boot prob

[Greg Edwards]

Terry wrote:
> Have you tried Mandrake's Live CD?
> Might give a clue if it shows errors or fails to load driver(s) etc.
> 
> On 4/15/05, Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:
> 
>>Rick Cook wrote:
>>
>>>>I've got a new install of Mandrake 10.1 (kernel 2.6) that locks up
>>>>right after the root FS is remounted in R/W mode.  On the boot sequence
>>>>page, that operation returns OK and no more progress.  The swap mount
>>>>should be next but it doesn't display the operation being done message.
>>>>I can run the rescue w/o any problems and mount all of the partitions
>>>>under /mnt.
>>>

>>>>difference. Dropping the SCSI drive in fstab makes no difference.  The
>>>>acpi and apic settings don't make any difference.
>>>
>>>
>>>Have you tried removing the SCSI controller?
>>>
>>
>>I'm pretty sure its not the SCSI controller.  When I boot from the CD and
>>run rescue (2.6 kernel) all of the partitions, including the SCSI drive,

Updated status:

It turns out to have been the SCSI controller.  The controller module gets 
loaded during the install and while running the rescue option from the 
install CD so the SCSI drive is accessible.  However, from a standard boot 
it locks up when mounting the file systems for R/W.  I think, but I'm not 
100% sure, that the aic7xxx modules are not getting installed.  I found 
that /etc/module* files did not have any references to the SCSI host 
adapter.  I added the references manually, but that didn't help.  I forgot 
to check if the modules were actually installed before I rebuilt the 
system w/o the SCSI card installed (oops).  After rebuilding the system 
w/o the SCSI controller everything came up as it should.

BTW, this is an Adaptec 29160N controller which the MDK hardware database 
says is supported.  I know it's supported, you just can't install it ;)  I 
have to defer solving this to a later date.  If anyone else finds a 
solution to this please post it, MDK has not gotten me an answer yet.

Thanks,
-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
Custom software for an off the rack world
http://consult.nas-inet.com