Release Notes
Chapter 1, Read this before installation

SCSI boot problems

SCSI boot problems

Problems found during the boot(HW) phase of the installation might require certain SCSI drivers to be disabled. To disable a driver at boot time, add disable=driver_name to the bootstring(HW). For example, the following command at the boot prompt restarts the installation and disables the alad SCSI host adapter driver:

restart disable=alad

Disable the driver that corresponds to the init( ) function shown in the following table; init()functions are displayed in the boot hardware listing:

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 driver    init()      device
 name      function    name
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 ad        ahainit     Adaptec 154x, 164x, 174x (in Standard mode)
 ad160     ad160init   Adaptec 2916x, 3916x (7892, 7899 Chip)
 alad      aladinit    Adaptec 294x (7870 & 7880 Chip)
 ams       amsinit     Advanced Micro Devices PCscsi
 arad      aradinit    Adaptec 274x (7770 Chip)
 blad      bladinit    Adaptec 2940U2W 3950U2 (Ultra II 7890, 7897 Chip)
 blc       blcinit     BusLogic Multi Master Adapters
 cha       chainit     Compaq Fast-SCSI-2 Adapter
 ciha      cihainit    Corollary 386/486 CBUS SCSI-CPU
 clad      cladinit    Compaq Array Controller
 dptr      dptrinit    DPT SCSI & RAID Host Adapters
 efp       ehainit     Olivetti ESC-1, ESC-2, and EFP Adapters
 eiad      eiadinit    Adaptec 174x (in Enhanced mode)
 fdhb      fdi_init    Adaptec 292x, Future Domain 16x0, 600, 700 (18x0 Chip)
 flashpt   fptinit     BusLogic FlashPoint Adapters
 hf        hfinit      IBM HardFile Host Adapters
 mdac      mdacinit    Mylex Disk Array Controller
 ncr       ncrinit     NCR Microchannel Systems Host Adapters
 piiop     piiopinit   Tricord Intelligent I/O Processor
 slha      slhainit    Symbios Logic (formerly NCR MPD) 53c8xx Host Adapters
 smad      smadinit    Adaptec 151x, 152x (6260 & 6360 Chip)
 tmcha     tmc_init    Future Domain 845, 850, 860, 885 (950 Chip)
 wd        wdinit      Enhanced IDE, ATAPI Interface (for tapes and CD-ROMs)
 wdex      wdexinit    Future Domain (formerly Western Digital) 7000EX
 wdha      wdhainit    Future Domain (formerly Western Digital) 7000