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Unable to run the system when install Red Hat 7.1 and 7.2 for Adaptec 7899
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Red Hat 7.1 has an old embedded SCSI driver (version 5.x.x developed by a third party), which is not compatible with BIOS 3.10. The installation will fail during "loading aic7xxx driver". Version 6.1.7 is available on the installation disk, but it is not the default driver. It does not fix all the problems, but at least the installation will complete. For correct installation procedures, please take the following steps:
| (1) | Power on system and boot from RH 7.1 installation disk. At the boot prompt, type "expert noprobe". |
| (2) | Select the appropriate the language, country, etc. Choose "add device" to list device drivers. Select "new experimental...aic7xxx_mod". Then aic7xxx_mod will be loaded, instead of the regular aic7xxx. Complete the installation. However the system may crash upon reboot because it will attempt to load the old driver. Below is the instruction to delete the command: |
| (3) | After completing the installation, reboot with the installation CD in the CD ROM. |
| (4) | At the boot prompt, type "linux rescue noprobe". |
| (5) | Choose "add device" to list device drivers. Select "new experimental.... aic7xxx_mod" and it will load the driver. |
| (6) | Choose "done" and choose "US" and "English". Then anaconda will start to load. |
| (7) | Answer "ok" and it will bring up the shell |
| (8) | Type the following command and press enter at the end of the line chroot /mnt/sysimage cd/etc vi modules.conf |
| (9) | Now you should see the content of the file "modules.conf" and the cursor should be at the beginning of the file. Move the cursor to the beginning of the 3rd（or 4th）line: alias ...1 and press dd to delete this line Move the cursor to the beginning of the 4th（or 5th）line: alias ...2 and press dd to delete this line press :wq Note: If your are installing the Red Hat 7.2 version, please take the step 1 to step 9 only. Do not take the step 10. Restart your system after installing. |
| (10) | cd /boot /sbin /mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.2-2.img 2.4.2-2 If using Dual CPUs, add smp as shown: /sbin /mkinitrd -f initrd-2.4.2-2smp.img 2.4.2-2smp |
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