[ale] Building a Machine.

[nomad]

Vernard Martin wrote:
> 
> > I am making a kernel for a friend on his P66.  It has an Adaptec 2940
> > controller that I know for a fact is good and 3 scsi Drives (one IDE).
> > When we build the kernel (it goes clean) I install it (as a backup
> > kernel, saving the good one) it gets to the partition check and then
> > just stops.  It does either 1,2 or 3 and ends with something like:
> >
> > Partition Check:
> > sda: sda1
> > sdb: sdb1
> > sdc:
> >
> > and stops there.  I've let it sit an hour one time and still nothing.
> > Anyone got an Idea?
> 
> Which kernel is he using? I had to apply a patch to the 1.2.13 kernel to
> get it to recognize the adaptec 2940 properly. I hear that several versions
> of the 1.3.X kernels had broken support for various things that also broke
> the adaptec 2940 support as well. That may be your problem.

I'm trying Kernel 1.3.97 and I've already tried 1.3.8x and 1.3.94... All
do the same thing.  The one installed with Linux installaltion Works Great
though (except no Ethernet Support which I need.

Rob
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Robert L. Harris
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e-mail: Robert.Harris at twcable.com 
        nomad at netwide.net

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