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Bug 16666 - install on scsi system crashes
Summary: install on scsi system crashes
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 All
: High critical
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-03-02 09:38 UTC by Seth Hollen
Modified: 2003-03-12 17:43 UTC (History)
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Description Seth Hollen 2003-03-02 09:38:41 UTC 
using 1.4RC3 live cd the install crashes after selecting the keyboard layout.
my system: KT266a motherboard, tekram scsi card (LSI chipset, it uses the
SYM53C8XX module) scsi cdrom.
it boots fine from the cd then I get this message after selecting my keyboard
layout:

---loading 41 keymap
---mounting the CD
mount: mounting /newroot/dev/cdroms/* on /newroot/mnt/cdrom failed: No such file
or directory
----cd not found
umount: /newroot: device or resource busy

then it drops me to a busybox ash shell

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.see above
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
crash

Expected Results:  
continue install
Comment 1 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-09 16:53:45 UTC 
teh initrd didnt have sym53c8xx module, latest experimental does. 
www.gentoo.org/~livewire. 
please close bug if it works.
Comment 2 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-12 16:05:35 UTC 
re-open if needed
Comment 3 Seth Hollen 2003-03-12 17:43:49 UTC 
livewire works, thanks!!

case closed!