[TriLUG] Boot Failed

Jon Carnes jonc at haht.com
Fri Jul 12 16:34:41 EDT 2002


Is the CDrom drive off the SCSI card or the Motherboard?  Is this a
Franken-machine (assembled parts from various old dead computers)?  Perhaps
you have a conflict with the SCSI controller and the on-board IDE.

Also, what are the LUN (device numbers) for the drives hanging off the SCSI
controller.  I would expect one drive to be 0 the next to be 1, and the
controller to be 7.  If the CDrom is also on the SCSI controller then it
would also have a unique LUN.

Can you boot from a floppy with the SCSI drives connected?  We can guide you
through a Kickstart install if you can get the floppy to boot.

Jon Carnes

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
Of Bryan Burroughs
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:11 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] Boot Failed


Howdy all,
    I'm a student at NCSU and have rather limited linux knowledge (read:
 as much as E115 can give), but a good working knowledge of
Windows(uggggg) and my computers.  I am trying to setup a linux
fileserver #1 for kix, but #2 for security.  I have two SCSI hard drives
that are realatively old, 1999ish, and  an AdvanSys ABP930 card.  When I
start the computer with the RedHat #1 CD, I get a "Boot failed" message.
 I double checked the BIOS to see that the CDROM is set as the first
boot device, so that panned out ok.  Just for kix, i disconnected the
hard drive connector from the SCSI card, and then started the machine,
and the install program ran flawlessly, except of course for the lack of
a hard drive(sic).  One final thing:  the SCSI card recognizes the two
drives, as shown by the diagnostic screen on startup.  Any help yall
could offer would be greatly appreciated.  Oh, and hey jack neely :)
    Bryan Burroughs

--
"It's a one dog town, and he's old and mean..."
	-- Garth Brooks



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