> 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. -- ----------------------------------- Martin Bly +44|0 1235 446981 RAL Tier1 Fabric Team Manager ----------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [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! >