Re: 3.0 woe [was: Adaptec 2940 and fresh install problems]

[Horacio <homega@wanadoo.es>]

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 02:13:30PM +0000, Darren Wyn Rees
wrote:
> 
> Using 2.9, I am able to boot from the CD and proceed
> through the installation process normally, however the 3.0
> CD doesn't boot (it reboots the computer in an endless
> loop) with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card present.  I made a
> boot disk using floppyb3.fs and the installation of 3.0 is
> able to proceed.  I use the entire IDE HD for 3.0, and then
> try to reboot from the HD...  

Why floppyb30.fs?  isnŽt the adaptec 2940 not supported in
floppy30.fs?
Anyway, are you using the entire HDD as only one partition?
If so, try making your ŽaŽ partition some 50-70MB just for
the root fs.

> ... 3.0 hangs during the boot process at "drive blah 0
> partition 3 blah".  I re-read the FAQ, following section
> 14.6, and try to install the Booteasy bootloader, which
> doesn't work.  It boots from the hard disk, and then drops
> to the debugger (I don't comprehend this gobblydegeek).

>From the debugger prompt, do:

ddb> ps
and
ddb> trace

copy the outputs and include them in your message.  See if
you can also include the output of dmesg.


-- 
Horacio