LILO does not start from hard disks connected to an Adaptec AIC7889-U SCSI controller(Internal)


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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.3
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Kernel: Version 2.2.13


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Symptom

You want to boot from your SCSI hard disk (e.g. Seagate ST34573W) connected to an Adaptec controller AIC7889-U. During the installation of Lilo no problems are encountered, but when booting the following message appears and nothing else happens:
LI

Cause

With some hard disks, the aic7xxx driver hangs during the initialization phase if the support for DOS drives larger than one GB is active in the SCSI BIOS.

Solution

Boot the computer and go to the SCSI BIOS. Disable the following function under advanced options:
extended BIOS translation for DOS-drives > 1 GB = no

Keywords:

Categories: SCSI

SDB-hoe_aic7889u_lilo, Copyright SuSE Linux AG, Nürnberg, Germany
Author: hoelcker@suse.de - Version: 24. Okt 2000
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 02. Apr 2002 by hoelcker (sdb_gen 1.40.0)