Description of problem: I have a VALinux server with an L440GX+ motherboard. FC1 tries to load aic7xxx driver, which hangs for a looooooooong time, then eventually DAC960 driver, which hangs forever Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert Fedora Core 1 binary CD #1 into above machine. 2. Boot. Actual results: Anaconda hangs while loading aic7xxx driver. After a looooooooong time, it apparently succeeds and moves on to the DAC960 driver, which hangs as well, apparently forever. Expected results: Drivers load and I can install FC1. Additional info: I've looked through various previously-filed bugzillas on similar topics for previous RedHat releases going back to RH7.1. Although it seems that some related problems may have been fixed, this one clearly hasn't. I've tried booting with `apic', `noapic', and `apic=force' and none of these seem to change anything. If I boot with `noprobe' and then load ONLY the DAC960 driver (skipping the aic7xxx driver), it doesn't hang and I can install.
Update: this occurs with Fedora Core 2, and without the DAC960. (SuSE 9.1 and Mandrake 10 can be installed successfully on the same system.)
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As comment 1 clearly states, this bug (or a very similar bug) exists in FC2 even without the DAC960. The original report alludes to the fact that related problems seem to have been occurring since as far back as RH7.1, as was revealed by the extensive bugzilla search that I carried out before filing the original bug. I'm sure that you guys are very busy, but there's not a lot of incentive to file bug reports if they're going to be automatically closed after six months (apparently) without ever having been read. I just tried this again with FC2 on the system on the basis of which I originally filed the bug. FC2 tries to load the DAC960 driver (succesfully) but then tries to load aic7xxx driver and hangs, if not forever, then at least for a really long time. So the problem is slightly different, but the effect is substantively the same: this hardware configuration does not work. I also tried this again with the "apic" and "noapic" options; it is still the case that neither option helps.
I'm having exactly the same issue with my N440BX motherboard. I'm currently having to run a non SMP kernel, meaning my dual processor system isn't fully utilized, and my plans for raid redundancy are hindered. I had to install fedora on another machine then transfer the IDE hard disk over, as both Core 1 and 2 installations hang when trying to load DAC960. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought Linux was about sorting out problems. If I wanted to be forced into the newest software to even be considered then I would have got a Mac.
identical issue found with another VALinux Box. Same motherboard as original reported, locks on AIC7xxx driver load.. At least after an hour, it hasn't done anything. It isn't hard locked, you can view alt-f3 and alt-f4, however it only shows it's loaded the scsi driver.. and sits. As if it were contemplating its place in life.
Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be provided by Red Hat. The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel updates for security problems only. If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please try to reproduce it under Fedora Core 3, and reopen if necessary, changing the product version accordingly. Thank you.
Alternatively, maybe we should just switch to a different distro. Give me a break.