Hi,
I'm trying to install 5.1 using the onboard LSI Symbios 53C1010, and I'm running into some trouble. When the computer first boots, the SCSI BIOS sees the three HDDs, but when I go to install, the installer hangs for a while at inserting the sym53c8xx driver and if I go over to the screen on F4 it shows that it is trying to scan the SCSI bus and is resetting all of the IDs. Once that is done, it moves on the the actual installer, but does not see any drives.
I'm kind of at a loss at the moment. I feel like there would be a kernel boot option that I could give the installer, but I don't know what that would be. I know the SCSI IDs of the three HDDs (and the controller), is there a way to say "just use these IDs and move along"?
I'm currently downloading a Fedora 9 CD (I don't have a spare DVDROM) to see if a newer kernel will help, as going back down to CentOS 5.0 didn't (I had it at hand).
Thanks for any help!
--Tim
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 at 9:03pm, Timothy Selivanow wrote
I'm trying to install 5.1 using the onboard LSI Symbios 53C1010, and I'm running into some trouble. When the computer first boots, the SCSI BIOS sees the three HDDs, but when I go to install, the installer hangs for a while at inserting the sym53c8xx driver and if I go over to the screen on F4 it shows that it is trying to scan the SCSI bus and is resetting all of the IDs. Once that is done, it moves on the the actual installer, but does not see any drives.
Have you tried all the usual SCSI voodoo -- check the cables, check your termination, ensure you used the proper color goat?
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 11:52 -0400, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 at 9:03pm, Timothy Selivanow wrote
I'm trying to install 5.1 using the onboard LSI Symbios 53C1010, and I'm running into some trouble. When the computer first boots, the SCSI BIOS sees the three HDDs, but when I go to install, the installer hangs for a while at inserting the sym53c8xx driver and if I go over to the screen on F4 it shows that it is trying to scan the SCSI bus and is resetting all of the IDs. Once that is done, it moves on the the actual installer, but does not see any drives.
Have you tried all the usual SCSI voodoo -- check the cables, check your termination, ensure you used the proper color goat?
Ah! It was the wrong color of goat!
Actually, when I got into work this morning, I tried a number of other steps like use a card, put the drives/drive cage in another system. It came down to updating the BIOS.
When it comes to SCSI (not SAS), I tend to get scared easier than I should. Old tech scares me (It's SCSI 160, not really that old...but still)...it either has auto-magical stuff that I don't know/understand, or it requires manual incantations, most of which I don't know.
--Tim
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