Running rc4 livecd on a computer with Adaptec 29160N SCSI host adapter, three Seagate SCSI hard drives and a SCSI Plextor CD-RW, boots from CD OK, boots linux OK, reaches point where it probes for SCSI host adapter and reports failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, error=2 and hangs with blinking cursor. Have existing gentoo system on one of the drives now which was installed with rc3 live cd and had no such problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Reboot computer with rc4 livecd in tray 2. 3. Actual Results: As described above in details Expected Results: Detected scsi hostadapter and gone on to detect network card or whatever
i have a feeling this isnt hanging on scsi at all, but the usbmodules the scsi error you reported is normal, as scsi_disk is compiled into the kernel. No module load happens at that time. right after that usb modules start loaded. please try with "gentoo nousb"
Sad to say, booting gentoo with nousb option fairs no better. Here is the output: --- Mounting the CD mount: Mounting /newroot/dev/cdroms/* /newroot/mnt/cdrom failed: No such file or directory --- CD not found umount: /newroot Device or resource busy BusyBox v0.60.5 (2003.04.10-02-38+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter help for a list of built-in commands sh: can't access tty: job control turned off Why is the CD not being recognized? John Lowell
Try holding down shift to get a prompt at boot if necessary and type "gentoo doscsi" to boot.
I'm happy to report that typing and entering gentoo doscsi at the initial boot prompt does the trick! Pretty slick installation CD! :-) Best wishes to the Gentoo developer team. John Lowell
thx 4 reporting
