Slackware installer stuck on "Adaptec aacraid driver 1.1-5[26400]-ms" after boot

shaunsingh14 · 09-04-2011, 04:42 PM

I wanna be a Slacker, so I decided to burn a DVD with the Slackware DVD iso.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck on this adaptec message, and it gets stuck on it.

Anyway, here's what I did so far:

Loaded SlackDVD in CD tray
Reboot system
"Welcome to Slackware"
boot: <hit enter>
le waiting for the installer to commence.
le stuck on "Adaptec aacraid driver 1.1-5[26400]-ms" for half an hour
me: *FFFUUUUUUUUUU-*

I ran for help on #SLACKWARE IRC on freenode, and they told me to disable any adaptec stuff I might have enabled in my BIOS, and when I looked through it, I couldn't find crap. I ran for help again, and they told me to use the following when I get to the boot menu: huge.s aacraid=

Same results, Inconclusive.

So does anyone here have any ideas as to why I can't become a Slacker?

MS3FGX · 09-04-2011, 08:08 PM

Apparently the kernel used in the Slackware install disc has some problems with your hardware.

Is this with the latest Slackware release? Have you run other Linux operating systems on this hardware successfully? If so, which ones? For that matter, does your machine actually have an Adaptec RAID controller in the first place?

hitest · 09-04-2011, 08:37 PM

I see that you're currently running Fedora. Have you ensured that your install DVD is okay, is this one that you burned yourself? Does the Slackware DVD boot successfully on another PC?

Richard Cranium · 09-05-2011, 12:26 AM

What type and model of motherboard do you have?

shaunsingh14 · 09-05-2011, 12:49 PM

I have run other operating systems successfully.
-Debian
-Ubuntu
-Fedora
-Knoppix

I am trying to install Slack 1337

As for the motherboard I don't know, but I do know my processor, architecture, RAM, and so forth.

As far as I know, I dont have any adaptec controllers

Richard Cranium · 09-06-2011, 09:15 PM

I believe the problem is that one of the devices on the motherboard that you have is responding in a bad way to the aacraid driver. If you still have one of the other linux distros on that machine, could you run lspci and give us the output?

acummings · 09-06-2011, 11:13 PM

FWIW (may not apply in your case)

http://www.google.com/search?q=Adaptec+aacraid+driver+1.1-5[26400]-ms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US

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http://www.google.com/search?q=Adapt...d+driver+1.1-5[26400]-ms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US

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the3dfxdude · 09-07-2011, 08:10 AM

We need to know what ide/sata/scsi disk controller your system is using (by getting an lspci). Even if it is the aacraid hanging (which I doubt, I actually think it's the immediate next driver, aic94xx, that I see when testing usbboot.img), the only way I know to get around this problem is to build a custom kernel with the driver for your controller excluding the unneeded drivers, and then create a custom book disk.

It may be helpful to get an lsmod/dmesg and kernel version from the distros you have installed that work.

shaunsingh14 · 10-29-2011, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the3dfxdude

We need to know what ide/sata/scsi disk controller your system is using (by getting an lspci). Even if it is the aacraid hanging (which I doubt, I actually think it's the immediate next driver, aic94xx, that I see when testing usbboot.img), the only way I know to get around this problem is to build a custom kernel with the driver for your controller excluding the unneeded drivers, and then create a custom book disk.

It may be helpful to get an lsmod/dmesg and kernel version from the distros you have installed that work.

Here's what lsmod lists on Ubuntu 11.10 (which is what I'm currently running)

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 38408  0 
bnep                   17923  2 
bluetooth             148839  10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc             32114  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
binfmt_misc            17292  1 
arc4                   12473  2 
rt2800usb              22300  0 
rt2800lib              48717  1 rt2800usb
crc_ccitt              12595  1 rt2800lib
rt2x00usb              20092  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              48114  3 rt2800usb,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb
mac80211              272785  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              172392  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
snd_hda_codec_realtek   254125  1 
snd_hda_intel          24262  2 
snd_hda_codec          91754  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80468  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
i915                  505108  3 
snd_rawmidi            25241  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51567  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
drm_kms_helper         32889  1 i915
snd_timer              28932  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm                   192226  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
psmouse                73673  0 
serio_raw              12990  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 i915
snd                    55902  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14115  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video                  18908  1 i915
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
r8169                  43104  0

shaunsingh14 · 11-30-2011, 01:50 PM

lspci also returns this

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 10)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 10)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Device 2f82

the3dfxdude · 11-30-2011, 08:20 PM

So a custom kernel or boot disk is in order, to remove aacraid and aic94xx. I don't see that you have any need for these, and that's about where you are hanging. Is there an easy way to do this?