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by **Keith K** » Tue, 06 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Hi:
Has anyone experience a problem like not being able to proceed beyond the
rotating cursor during a 2.5 installation? I can boot up the previous
Solaris 2.4 cd but not 2.5. I wonder if anyone has the same experience
because I suspect that the cd may be bad.

Thanks
Keith

by **John J. Rushford J** » Tue, 06 Feb 1996 04:00:00

: Hi:
: Has anyone experience a problem like not being able to proceed beyond the
: rotating cursor during a 2.5 installation? I can boot up the previous
: Solaris 2.4 cd but not 2.5. I wonder if anyone has the same experience
: because I suspect that the cd may be bad.

: Thanks
: Keith

I was trying to install Solaris 2.5 x86 on a Pentium PCI machine with a new
Adaptec 2940 PCI Host bus adapter. The install halted at the rotating cursor
with the following error message:

Booting kernel/unix...
SunOS Release 5.5 ...
Copyright...

(Can't load the root filesystem)
Type any key to continue

You don't mention what kind of hardware you are using but, if it is a new
Adaptec 2940 PCI host bus Adapter for your CD-rom, then read on.

I found the following information at access.1.Sun.Com in a postscript
document dated January 1996, "Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 1 Guide":

Note - The new Adaptec AHA-2940U and AHA-2940UW adapters which use
the new AIC-7880 controller chip will not work with the existing
Solaris adp device driver. Only the older adapters which use the
AIC-787x or AIC-7850 controller chips are supported by the existing
adp driver. An updated adp driver to support these new adapters
will be released as soon as is possible.

John Rushford

by **Your Full Na** » Tue, 06 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>: Hi:
>: Has anyone experience a problem like not being able to proceed beyond the
>: rotating cursor during a 2.5 installation? I can boot up the previous
>: Solaris 2.4 cd but not 2.5. I wonder if anyone has the same experience
>: because I suspect that the cd may be bad.

>: Thanks
>: Keith

>I was trying to install Solaris 2.5 x86 on a Pentium PCI machine with a new
>Adaptec 2940 PCI Host bus adapter. The install halted at the rotating cursor
>with the following error message:

> Booting kernel/unix...
> SunOS Release 5.5 ...
> Copyright...

> (Can't load the root filesystem)
> Type any key to continue

>You don't mention what kind of hardware you are using but, if it is a new
>Adaptec 2940 PCI host bus Adapter for your CD-rom, then read on.

>I found the following information at access.1.Sun.Com in a postscript
>document dated January 1996, "Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 1 Guide":

> Note - The new Adaptec AHA-2940U and AHA-2940UW adapters which use
> the new AIC-7880 controller chip will not work with the existing
> Solaris adp device driver. Only the older adapters which use the
> AIC-787x or AIC-7850 controller chips are supported by the existing
> adp driver. An updated adp driver to support these new adapters
> will be released as soon as is possible.

>John Rushford

I have also had the same type of problem booting solaris x86 2.4 on a pentium
PCI system with an Adaptec 2940 card. I fixed this by contacting Sun and
getting the latest release on their boot disk (Version 8 I think) this can also
be downloaded from the Sun home page area.

Kevin Page

by **Keith K** » Fri, 09 Feb 1996 04:00:00

I have the same problem with my BusLogic 946C. Called up SunSoft and
they said I had to wait for the next driver update.

Thanks
Keith

: : Hi:
: : Has anyone experience a problem like not being able to proceed beyond the
: : rotating cursor during a 2.5 installation? I can boot up the previous
: : Solaris 2.4 cd but not 2.5. I wonder if anyone has the same experience
: : because I suspect that the cd may be bad.

: : Thanks
: : Keith

: I was trying to install Solaris 2.5 x86 on a Pentium PCI machine with a new
: Adaptec 2940 PCI Host bus adapter. The install halted at the rotating cursor
: with the following error message:

: Booting kernel/unix...
: SunOS Release 5.5 ...
: Copyright...

: (Can't load the root filesystem)
: Type any key to continue

: You don't mention what kind of hardware you are using but, if it is a new
: Adaptec 2940 PCI host bus Adapter for your CD-rom, then read on.

: I found the following information at access.1.Sun.Com in a postscript
: document dated January 1996, "Solaris 2.5 x86 Driver Update 1 Guide":

: Note - The new Adaptec AHA-2940U and AHA-2940UW adapters which use
: the new AIC-7880 controller chip will not work with the existing
: Solaris adp device driver. Only the older adapters which use the
: AIC-787x or AIC-7850 controller chips are supported by the existing
: adp driver. An updated adp driver to support these new adapters
: will be released as soon as is possible.

: John Rushford

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