# Install adaptec SCSI Card

**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391
**Category:** SLES Hardware
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391 "2014-11-19T16:55:24Z")
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### Author: ![EPS\_Stuttgart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@EPS\_Stuttgart](https://forums.suse.com/u/EPS_Stuttgart)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391/1 "2014-11-19T16:55:24Z")

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Hello,

i try to install the Adaptec SCSI Card 29320LPE on a SLES 11 SP3. But when i put the card in the server, than the server hangs in the startup.  
The driver from the adaptec website are only for sles10 and an technican told me, that the sles 11 should have the right driver on board.  
How can i install this driver aic79xx???

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### Author: ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391/2 "2014-11-19T17:16:27Z")

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> On Wed 19 Nov 2014 03:04:02 PM CST, EPS Stuttgart wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i try to install the Adaptec SCSI Card 29320LPE on a SLES 11 SP3. But  
> when i put the card in the server, than the server hangs in the  
> startup.  
> The driver from the adaptec website are only for sles10 and an technican  
> told me, that the sles 11 should have the right driver on board.  
> How can i install this driver aic79xx???

Hi  
I would go into the system BIOS and see if you can reset the irq’s  
sounds like there may be a conflict.

If not, when you say it hangs on boot, is this after grub appears and  
the system starts up, if so press the esc key and see what the logs are  
saying.

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Cheers Malcolm Â°Â¿Â° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default  
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### Author: ![EPS\_Stuttgart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@EPS\_Stuttgart](https://forums.suse.com/u/EPS_Stuttgart)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391/3 "2014-11-20T12:10:34Z")

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Hello,

i resettet the irq, but the error is still there.  
The Server hangs, when by loading the file initrd:

ELILO boot:…  
Loading kernel vmlinuz-3.0.101-0.40-default… done  
Loading file initrd-3.0.101-0.40-default… done

Here the server hangs.

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### Author: ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-adaptec-scsi-card/26391/4 "2014-11-27T04:29:34Z")

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> On Thu 20 Nov 2014 10:14:02 AM CST, EPS Stuttgart wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i resettet the irq, but the error is still there.  
> The Server hangs, when by loading the file initrd:
> 
> ELILO boot:…  
> Loading kernel vmlinuz-3.0.101-0.40-default… done  
> Loading file initrd-3.0.101-0.40-default… done
> 
> Here the server hangs.

Hi  
What about if you press ctrl+alt+F10 to get to the kernel log?

Any idea of the PCI ID of the device?

You should be able to add the option in the elilo line at the bottom of  
the screen and see if running insmod helps;

```auto
insmod=aic79xx
```

–  
Cheers Malcolm Â°Â¿Â° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default  
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