Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 8280
The installer doesn't recognize my Adaptec AHA-2940U2W card
Last modified: 2015-01-07 18:40:26 EST
The installer did not recognize the above SCSI card at installation time, when I have tried to install RH Linux 6.0/6.1 on an AMD K6 machine. It happened even when I have used the updates and new boot disks from your errata web site. (I have written about this problem in October or November, and your answer led me to no result; your answer was: use the updates and new boot disks!) However, installation on an Intel Pentium II machine went without a glitch, even when I have installed the OS from the CD-ROM! Since the only differences between the two machines were the CPU and the chipset (AMD K6 has a VIA VP2 chipset and Pentium II has a Intel 440BX chipset; both motherboards being manufactured by FIC), and since there was no problems in installation of other operating systems on the AMD K6 machine (MS Windows any flavor, OS/2), I have concluded that the aic7xxx driver is buggy. I suspect it has been written to comply with Intel chipset's specs, and it conflicts with other chipset (VIA VP2, for example). Some other people had the same problem, and resolved it according to my suggestion: they changed the motherboard! Nothing else worked. I would really appreciate if you try to solve this problem and let me know about your results. I personally don't feel like I have to spend extra money and buy another motherboard and CPU, and throw away a motherboard and CPU that work excellent otherwise. (And by-the-way, they are Y2K compatible :) ) Thank you for your consideration. Ferdi Badescu.
I am running a K6-III with a 2940U2W without any problems, and I was able to install 6.1 without fail. Check out the latest beta installer and see if that helps you out any, as there could be some difference in the revision of the chips.