Redhat 5.1 bootdisk

Morris Walton mwalton at nortel.ca
Wed Aug 12 06:37:45 PDT 1998


Tom,

This image worked fine for the install on my p2b-s motherboard: AIC-7890.
However, how do I get around post installation problem:


scsi: 0 hosts detected total

lib/aic7xxx.o :init module: device or resource busy

etc.

kernel panic.

I appreciate your help

morris
mwalton at nortel.ca


In message "Redhat 5.1 bootdisk", you write:

> 
> > Hi everybody
> > 
> > I am desperate. I only have one harddrive in my machine connected to the
> > aic7890 u2w adapter. Without a bootdisk I can neither install linux, nor
> > apply the pre-6 patch nor recompile the kernel. Could anybody please provide
> > me with a bootdisk image, maybe even one which let me install redhat 5.1
> > then?
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance for getting me out of this vicious circle.
> > 
> > -- Carsten
> 
> Though things are not quite right yet, redhat 5.1 installation and
> boot floppies that might work for you are available at:
> 
>   http://www.cs.utsa.edu/research/AI/bylander/linux/dell-precision.html
> 
> As you might guess, my machine is a Dell Precision Workstation, which
> has the AIC7890-U2W SCSI adapter, and my instructions at the above web
> page work for me.
> 
> If you try it, let me know how it works out.
> 
> Tom Bylander
> bylander at cs.utsa.edu
> 
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