Can't boot on a machine with LSI Logic 53C1030 Raid controller
Jorge Martinez
I can't boot Debian 3.0 on a machine with this controller. I was not aware
of the errata disk for Woody, but Eduard Bloch informed of such floppy. I
downloaded it, and created the floppy with the extra drivers, but not much
luck. I tried the 'mptbase.o' and 'mptscsih.o' drivers, which I think are
the correct ones for my hardware. I also tried many others just for kicks.
I am wondering if those may be the right drivers, but I need to pass some
additional arguments that I am not aware of.
As I said in my original post to the debian-user list, I know Linux can be
installed as I successfully installed RH 8.0; however, I am resisting
going for RH because it's not my favorite Linux flavor, Debian is.
Looking at the lsilogic site, it appears that the driver is supported by
default in the 2.4 series kernels. I don't know what I am doing wrong, any
help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Jorge O. Martinez
Web Services Administrator - New Media
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Eduard Bloch
* Jorge Martinez [Tue, Jan 07 2003, 10:47:22AM]:
> downloaded it, and created the floppy with the extra drivers, but not much
> luck. I tried the 'mptbase.o' and 'mptscsih.o' drivers, which I think are
> the correct ones for my hardware. I also tried many others just for kicks.
The question is - which controller is it? LSI Logic Fusion or
Symbios-based series? For Symbios, you could try the ncr* driver.
> I am wondering if those may be the right drivers, but I need to pass some
> additional arguments that I am not aware of.
It is hard to say what is going wrong without having such hardware to
test and without knowing what actually the module reports to you.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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Jorge Martinez
The one I have is the LSI Logic Fusion 53C1030. That's what Redhat finds
when I boot up with RH 8.0. Regarding the error that the module reports,
this is what it says:
'The loading has failed' in the installation screen, and when I go to the
messages screen, I see this:
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: Warning: loading
mptbase.o will taint the kernel: forced load
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptbase.o: init_module:
No such device
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: Hint: insmod errors can
be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
parameters
[date, and time] (none) user.err dbootstrap[80]: The loading has failed
Therefore, it seems that it wants me to pass it some parameters. I then
try to install mptscsih.o, but I get a lot of error messages (I assume the
mptbase.o has to be sucessfully loaded first):
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_reset_deregister
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_reset_deregister
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_free_msg_frame
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_register
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_put_msg_frame
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_v_ASCQ_TableSz
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_adapter_find_next
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_reset_register
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_event_register
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_ScsiOpcodesPtr
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_send_handshake_request
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_deregister
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptscsih.o: unresolved
symbol mpt_get_msg_frame
[date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: The loading has failed
Thanks for your response,
Jorge M.
Jorge O. Martinez
Web Services Administrator - New Media
Kiplinger Washington Editors
Eduard Bloch <e...@gmx.de>
Sent by: Eduard Bloch <in...@zombie.inka.de>
01/08/2003 07:28 AM
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Re: Can't boot on a machine with LSI Logic 53C1030 Raid controller
Eduard Bloch
* Jorge Martinez [Wed, Jan 08 2003, 10:28:50AM]:
> [date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: Warning: loading
> mptbase.o will taint the kernel: forced load
> [date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptbase.o: init_module:
> No such device
Weird. Maybe it is incompatible with Woody's kernel, it is almost one
year old. If you wish to try the updated installation floppies, visit
http://people.debian.org/~blade/bf3024/ and take modules floppy from
http://people.debian.org/~blade/preload-2.4.20.bin.
> [date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: Hint: insmod errors can
> be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
> parameters
> [date, and time] (none) user.err dbootstrap[80]: The loading has failed
>
> Therefore, it seems that it wants me to pass it some parameters. I then
That is just the default message when something uknown failed on loading.
> try to install mptscsih.o, but I get a lot of error messages (I assume the
> mptbase.o has to be sucessfully loaded first):
Exactly.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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Jorge Martinez
The new drivers did the trick. Don't know if it was the kernel, or the
drivers, but it is seing the controller now. Thanks,
Jorge M.
Jorge O. Martinez
Web Services Administrator - New Media
Kiplinger Washington Editors
Eduard Bloch <e...@gmx.de>
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01/08/2003 10:53 AM
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