Bug 46581

Summary:	Live CD 20030911 x86 Basic hangs on aic7xxx.old module on SCSI only Adaptec 2940 U2W system
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Jonas Lilienthal <jonas_lilienthal>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers <livecd>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jonas Lilienthal 2004-04-02 02:54:44 UTC

I have seen the problem before e.g. Bug #12185
What happens is my system hangs on boot option 'gentoo' because it cannot access my cd-rom as I have SCSI components only. 

If I load 'gentoo doscsi' the system hangs detects my SCSI controller with aic7xxx.o module and hangs on aic7xxx.old.o 

When I boot with 'gentoo' option I can load the module aic7xxx.o but than I do not know how to go on.

Is there any fix to bypass the aic7xxx.old module or to exclude it from the live cd?

Thank you

Jonas

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot with live cd
2. boot option gentoo doscsi
3. wait

Actual Results:  
System hangs on loading aic7xxx.old

Expected Results:  
Continue to boot my machine or time out.

ASUS CUBX Mainboard
Pentium III 1100 MHz 
768 MB SD RAM
SCSI Adaptec 2940 U2W
IBM Ultrastar 18 GB HDD
Seagate Barracuda 50 GB HDD
ATI Radeon 9200 SE
3COM Tornado Etherlink connected to ADSL
Soundblaster 16 PCI

Comment 1 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-02 03:15:24 UTC

That module is known to be problematic. It is and will remain off current and future live-cd's