Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Sep 1998 01:37:57 -0500 | From | Doug Ledford <> | Subject | Re: Problem booting with 2 Adaptec Controllers |
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Rob Naccarato wrote: > > I've been trying to get the 2.0.35 kernel installed on my Pentium II > machine and am running into a problem. This machine has on onboard > Adaptec AIC-7xxx controller as well as a PCI Adaptec 2940UW. The system > disc is located on the on board SCSI bus. > > When booting the new kernel, I get the message: "Unable to open initial > console". > > The above message appears *only* when the bioses are enabled on both > controllers. If you disable the bios on the 2940UW, then the SCSI bus > id's get "flipped". The system disc is then located on bus 1 instead of > 0. > > This problem does not occur with the 2.0.33 kernel.
Look into the README.aic7xxx file in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi. It should detail the use of the aic7xxx=reverse_scan option.
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