Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 55588
(SCSI AIC7XXX)Installer hangs when loading aic7xxx module on Supermicro P3TDE6 motherboard
Last modified: 2008-08-01 12:22:51 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp i686) Description of problem: When trying to install Redhat 7.1 on a new Supermicro P3TDE6 motherboard (dual tualatin 1.26 GHz PIII), the installer randomly hangs when loading the aic7xxx module. The motherboard has an integrated dual channel Adaptec 7899 comtroller and is based on the Serverworks HE-SL chipset.. The install does not always hang at that point. Sometimes it will start installing and get partway through and hang. At other times, it has actually succeeded. If it does succeed, the machine does not boot reliably. I have over 50 of the 370DE6 version of this motherboard. The P3TDE6 is the tualatin respin. Supermicro posted a workaround and it seems to allude to problems with the 3.10S version of the SCSI BIOS. http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/FAQs/SCSI_FAQ.htm After working with Supermicro, they provided me with the BIOS image equivalent to me 370DE6 boards with version 2.572 of the SCSI BIOS. The problem does not go away. The workaround is to install with "expert noprobe" and install the "New experimental AIC7xxx module". I do this and it works, it loads aic7xxx_mod instead of aic7xxx. Can the aic7xxx_mod module be forced to load at boot? I want to install these machines with kickstart, not do every one of them by hand. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot Redhat 7.1 CD 2.machine most always hangs at "loading AIC7xxx" point 3. Actual Results: machine most always hangs at "loading AIC7xxx" point. If it loads the driver, it may hang when writing to the disk. When it does, the disk light just stays on. Additional info: The problem seems to exist in Redhat 7.2 as well.
Changing component to the kernel.
Can you try the 7.2 distro and type "linux apic" on the VERY first (syslinux) screen ?
I tried the 7.2 distro with "linux apic" and it hung at the "Loadin aic7xxx driver" screen as before. Did you mean to try linux noapic?
Hi, I too have had problems with a new P4 Supermicro board. My results were the same & I had to resort to using the workaround provided at http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/FAQs/SCSI_FAQ.htm Of course, that kinda sucks. I was able to get this working for my kickstart as well however. I kickstart from floppy. Here is what I did (note: I don't have the exact syntax below but you should get the idea): - Modifdied ks floppy syslinux.cfg to add "expert noprobe" - Modifed ks.cfg to specify devices manually (I also have a qlogic fc card): device scsi aic7xxx_mod device scsi qla2x00 - Modified ks.cfg postinstall to: remove duplicate scsi SCS_hostadapter lines in modules.conf & then cd /boot /sbin/mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.2-2.img 2.4.2-2 After all that and a lot of headaches, it worked. Let me know if you figured out something better.... Thanks, Andy
When trying to install Redhat 7.2 on a new Supermicro P4DC6+ motherboard (Dual Xeon 2.0GHz), the installer hangs every time when loading the aic7xxx module. You have to update your Mainboard bios to R1.1A or higher. You must download the seeprom.zip and follow the instructions: Steps to reload SCSI EEPROM to default if using older SCSI bios and upgrade to SCSI BIOS 3.10S2 \ a. Copy SEEPROM.EXE and DOS4GW into a bootable Floppy disk. b. Boot up the system from this bootable diskette. c. At the prompt, d. Erase the SEEPROM by A:\seeprom -e e. Reboot the system f. Hit Ctrl + A to go into the system SCSI BIOS g. Go to each channel and choose "Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings" h. Hit F6 to load default setting. This will allow system to load new values from 3.10S2 You must update the BOTH. Then you should be able to install Red Hat 7.2 Mainboard bios download: http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/BIOS/bios.htm Seeprom download: http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/drivers/seeprom.zip
I get the Installer hang on my box. - Adaptec 29160 - Tyan Tiger S1384 (Dual P-3) and the installer hangs on the install (RH 7.1) i tried the boot disk... any other ideas?
I tried following version of redhat on my ( pIII 866*2 with SCSI aha-2940): 6.2 hang up at disk druid 7.1 hang up at probing mouse 7.2 hang up at disk druid 7.3 hang up at disk druid 8.0 hang up at loading aic7xxx driver(some time can pass through)
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