[KLUG Members] Pervasive problems continued -> Fixed?

[Adam Bultman]

huzzah!  Finally!  I removed the SCSI Card:  pbpbpbtpbtpbbbb. That didn't 
do a thing.  So, I figured, "I'll take kernel 2.4.17 that I've got on 
another drive, boot into windows, put it on there, reboot into linux, and 
make that, bare-bones".  So I did.  And I built it, bare as can be, with 
NO scsi support, and woot.  It works.  I think I may dare to build it in 
this weekend, but I'm QUITE happy to see X, and for that matter, a boot 
prompt that it got to all by itself.

Thanks for the pointers, everyone. It is has been a serious pain in my 
side, I'm going to have to make a note of this.  

Adam


On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Adam Bultman wrote:

> Well, I booted from a boot CD, got in, re-compiled the 2.4.7-10 kernel, 
> and got a different error message! Huzzah! This time, I get a swap error, 
> 4 of 'em, and then a hard crash. Oh, well.  Slackware, here I come.
> 
> adam
> 
> 
> On 29 Jan 2002, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 18:32, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > > 
> > > Well, I tweaked a few settings, and it still bails.  I'm ready to 
> > > thoroughly blame the SCSI drive.  The errors are something to the extent 
> > > of Attempting to kill init, and it will give me a stack trace, some memory 
> > > values, and other information, with one line containing the word "Aieee!" 
> > > (no kidding).  It's scrolls too fast, and since it catches all other info, 
> > > I can't really read it, nor do I wish to explain it here.  I'm going to 
> > > try slackware, since it owns anyway.  I'm sure I'll complain here if it 
> > > fails... ;)
> > 
> > What controller?  I've got a mile long history of Adaptec problems,
> > usually due to BIOS-drivers being out of sync, as well as Adaptec's
> > non-direct Linux support (and virtual no support before 1998).  Many
> > Adaptec products (until the last year or two) didn't have EEPROMs
> > on-board.  So I usually pulled my hair out trying to find the right
> > driver for the right board-BIOS combo.
> > 
> > I finally stopped using Adaptec completely as of late 1998.  No problems
> > since.  Symbios Logic gets the call.  #1 reason why?  The are an
> > OEM-focused company, which means they don't hide their specs.  Adaptec
> > produces their own products, so they don't share their specs easily.
> > 
> > This is the same reason why I hate Promise too versus most other ATA
> > controller vendors, who are OEM-focused.
> > 
> > -- Bryan
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Adam Bultman
adamb@glaven.org