From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:21:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:21:25 -0500 Received: from mail.orcon.net.nz ([210.55.12.3]:30093 "EHLO mail.orcon.net.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:21:24 -0500 Message-ID: <011101c2869c$0f2bbce0$6df058db@PC2> From: "Craig Whitmore" To: Subject: Adaptec S3210 RAID5 and Lilo Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:27:14 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (*) INVALID_MSGID,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_OE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am using an Adaptec S3210 RAID5 card in a Dual Xeon 2.4G (Using various kernels up to 2.4.20-rc1 and I cannot get it to boot via LILO at all (GRUB Works fine)(I've tried the latest version of LILO) When booting up LILO gives the error LILO - Descriptor Checksum Error and then just stops. Has anyone any pointers on how to fix this.. All relivant info below Any other info can be given easily. Thanks Craig Whitmore ------------------------------ Boot sequence. Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5 Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers... Adaptec I2O RAID controller 0 at f880c000 size=100000 irq=24 dpti: If you have a lot of devices this could take a few minutes. dpti0: Reading the hardware resource table. TID 008 Vendor: ADAPTEC Device: AIC-7899 Rev: 00000001 TID 009 Vendor: ADAPTEC Device: AIC-7899 Rev: 00000001 TID 518 Vendor: ESG-SHV Device: SCA HSBP M15 Rev: 0.09 TID 524 Vendor: ADAPTEC Device: RAID-5 Rev: 370F scsi0 : Vendor: Adaptec Model: 3210S FW:370F Vendor: ADAPTEC Model: RAID-5 Rev: 370F Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Vendor: ESG-SHV Model: SCA HSBP M15 Rev: 0.09 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 287080448 512-byte hdwr sectors (146985 MB) Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 -------------------------- isk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 17869 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 498 4000153+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 499 17869 139532557+ 83 Linux ------------------------- /etc/lilo.conf lba32 boot=/dev/sda root=/dev/sda1 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only root=/dev/sda1 restricted ------------------------------- (lilo -v -v -v) Reading boot sector from /dev/sda Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 17869 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Secondary loader: 16 sectors (0x3000 dataend). Boot image: /vmlinuz Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 17869 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors. Setup length is 5 sectors. Mapped 2637 sectors. Added Linux * "ro root=801" --------------- (hdparm) /dev/sda: readonly = 0 (off) geometry = 17869/255/63, sectors = 287080448, start = 0 ---------------- hdparm -Tt /dev/sda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.26 seconds =492.31 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.74 seconds = 36.78 MB/sec