James: I've waited almost 40 minutes as you said and yes, the module have loaded, but giving no support the the controller(!). So, as you can figure out, I couldn't install it... Now I installed an old SuSE 7.2 and it's working nice(!!). The aic7xxx module was loaded cleanly and the controller is very happy and running all disks. The problem is that I don't want to stay in version 7.2... Currently, I'm compiling a kernel 2.4.21-99 (from SuSE, as you can imagine...) with the aic7xxx support inside the kernel, to check if it work that way. While it compiles, do you have any other idea? Saludos, Gustavo Castro Puig. LPI Level-1 Certified (https://www.lpi.org/es/verify.html LPID:LPI000042304 Verification Code: hp6re8w5qg ) -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM/ED dx s-:- a? C(+++)$ UL++++*$ P+ L++++(++)$ E--- W+++$ N+ o? K- w O M V-- PS PE++(-) Y-(+) PGP+ t(++) 5+ X++ R tv+ b++(++++) DI-- D++ G++ e++ h--- r y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Registered Linux User #69342 ----- Original Message ----- From: James Oakley To: Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Problem installing SuSE 9.0 on a VA Linux with an aic-7897 controller -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 March 2004 09:38 am, gcastro@eninternet.com.uy wrote:

Hi, guys:

I have a problema installing SuSE 9.0 on a VA Linux server with a hot-swap backpanel with an aic-7897 controller. When the installation try to load the aic7xxx module, it hangs (the module loading). staying in "initializing" state forever. I tried to load the module manually, passing parameters to the insmod command, from inside the manual installation, but it ain't work. Still it hangs and the installation cannot continue. However, another VA Linux server is running Debian Woody and it worked from the beginning. The secret is that the woody's kernel have the module compiled into the kernel and not as SuSE do, like an external module. Any ideas?

I had similar trouble with a VA box. I found that the driver checks to see what disks are connected to the Adaptec controller and the controller takes a *very* long time to respond. Wait about 30-45 minutes and it should continue. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQ3WT4U2uQswGyDcRAh+aAJwPys1vqyVStzjElhH5uMkl8x4CWgCcDOaH qF+OInhdq+eICKe20ouG/O4= =lNz0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com