27562 – live cd won't detect adaptec AIC-7880U

Bug 27562 - live cd won't detect adaptec AIC-7880U

Summary: live cd won't detect adaptec AIC-7880U

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High critical (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-08-29 14:12 UTC by David Walker
Modified:	2004-10-09 18:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description David Walker 2003-08-29 14:12:08 UTC

I booted the live cd (gentoo-1.4-i686-1.4-20030806-cd1), at the first prompt I
selected "gentoo doscsi" or "smp doscsi" or "smp doscsi nousb". The system hung,
the scsi controller was never detected. I cannot install gentoo because I have a
scsi cdrom.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot live cd
2.enter "gentoo doscsi" at first prompt
3.

Actual Results:  
System hangs.

Expected Results:  
Detected adaptec scsi controller.

Perhaps allowing the user to specify the scsi driver needed instead of "doscsi"
to  probe would be a good idea. Probing for hardware has a problematic history
of success.

Comment 1 Trey Stout 2004-02-06 09:35:13 UTC

Can someone take a look at this? Or maybe suggest a workaround? For those of us with SCSI cd-roms this is a show-stopper.

Comment 2 Andrew Cooks 2004-08-08 00:40:00 UTC

This bug has been inactive for more than 90 days.

Can you please see if this is still a problem with a 2004.2 LiveCD?

Comment 3 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-09 18:50:51 UTC

Please reopen if issue still exists on newer livecd's.