On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 23:27, Warren Young wrote: > Oliver Elphick wrote [ Jan 3rd 2003]: > > I'm trying to install Debian Linux with kernel 2.4.20 on a machine with an > > Adaptec 2400A RAID card with 3 40Gb IDE disks attached. > > [snip] > > > dpti0: Trying to reset device > > dpti0: Device reset not supported > > dpti0: Bus reset: SCSI Bus 0: tid: 11 > > dpti0: Bus reset success. > > scsi: device set offline - not ready or command retry failed after bus reset: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 > > SCSI disk error: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 30002 > > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2 > > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > > unable to read partition table > > I don't have your particular controller card (I've used the 2100S > before, though) or anything else particular to your system, but since no > one else has answered yet.... > > These messages say "cable problems" to me. It appears that you have it > configured for RAID-5, so try asking the RAID BIOS to do a complete > rebuild. This will force it to access all three disks intensely for a > while. If it passes on that, forget my diagnosis. Just to note the solution to this problem for the record; it was not a cable problem - the build went through without any errors, apart from its taking several hours. I removed the card from the machine to get its serial number so as to call Adaptec's support; when I put it back in, it worked perfectly! Thanks for your advice. -- Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
