Otavio Exel wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian 1.3.1 with an Adaptec AHA 2840VL/2842VL > SCSI card; while the RESC1440 disk is beeing loaded I get a lot of error > messages; some of them are: > - encountered spurious interrupt > - failed to initialize module ????? > - In swapper task - not syncing > ..and it hangs!
Dieter Rohlfing wrote: > I've had a lot of trouble with the debian rescue disk and the 2940 and > the 2842. It seems, that both are confused by the autoprobe procedure of > the debian kernel on the rescue disk (RedHat, Caldera, Suse and > Slackware haven't any problems with these cards). > > I solved my problems by compiling a specific kernel (with another > distribution), copied it to the rescue disk und proceeded sucessfully. This comes up *really* often, and Debian should provide a few custom kernels for problem cases such as the Adaptec aic driver. My custom rescue disk kernel for the Adaptec 2940/2840 is at ftp://ftp.phys.ocean.dal.ca/users/rhogee/Debian/ -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
