> I try to update a DELL Precision 450 machine from SL 4.5 to 
> SL 5.0.  I failed to do a fresh reinstall with either 
> nfs-kickstart or directly from an i386 DVD media.
> 
> This machine is equipped with:
> LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual 
> Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07).
> 
> It takes the installer a LONG time to load the SCSI module 
> "mptspi", this module appears to cause a lot problems, the 
> keys on the keyboard (USB or PS2) are unresponsive except 
> CONTROL-ALT-DELETE, DHCP and NFS all seem to fail.
> 
> Does anyone see such problem before? What is the fix?

We saw this problem.  I don't have my notes to hand (it's close on
midnight in the UK and I'm at home), but I'll look up the fix in the
morning, which I recall being trivial. 

	Martin.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Zhi-Wei Lu
> Sent: 28 November 2007 17:11
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SL5 installation failed because of mptspi?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I try to update a DELL Precision 450 machine from SL 4.5 to 
> SL 5.0.  I failed to do a fresh reinstall with either 
> nfs-kickstart or directly from an i386 DVD media.
> 
> This machine is equipped with:
> LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual 
> Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07).
> 
> It takes the installer a LONG time to load the SCSI module 
> "mptspi", this module appears to cause a lot problems, the 
> keys on the keyboard (USB or PS2) are unresponsive except 
> CONTROL-ALT-DELETE, DHCP and NFS all seem to fail.
> 
> 
> Does anyone see such problem before? What is the fix? Or I 
> should wait for the SL 5.1 release to try my luck again.
> 
> On a different note, I also notice a lot of ata_piix error 
> messages (on other DELL machines) at the beginning of boot 
> process, thus it prolongs the booting process, the system 
> nevertheless appears to work just fine.  
> Is there any way to silent these messages?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
>