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First: I am a Linux newbie. Don't hurt me :-) !

Configuration: Old bios (2003), ATA bus for harddisk. Adaptec SCSI 29320ALP card in PCI slot, default settings. SCSI cable with terminator at one end: End without terminator connected to Adaptec card, end with terminator connected to an magnetic/optical removeable drive. The Adaptec SCSI BIOS sees the drive correctly as devive #0, the card itself is address #7.

When installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 32 bit on the computer, the installation stopped front up and dropped to the text monitor with Kernel Panic (as in title) and could not continue.

I removed the SCSI cable from the Adaptec (I kept the Adaptec in the computer), and now Ubuntu could be installed.

After installation, I re-attached the SCSI cable to the Adaptec. Now, Ubuntu again dropped to the text monitor with Kernel Panic (as in title) and could not continue.

Suggestions?

Normann Aaboe Nielsen
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I would suggest trying an install with 13.10 as it has a newer kernel release.

If the problem still persists then you could try to (update to the most current kernel) retest and (submit a bug report) if it doesn't already exist.

EDIT:

More details here: What is kernel panic?

Could be a missing module?

Driver/Module info: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man4/aac.4freebsd.html

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  • I will try that. Strange, though: This SCSI card is dated 2003 so I assumed that the Linux kernel would have knowledge of it... – Normann Aaboe Nielsen Dec 26 '13 at 17:53
  • Could be corrupt installation media. Maybe retry with a fresh download and disc? – jmunsch Dec 26 '13 at 17:55
  • Hmm.The rest of the system seems OK. Still, I will try 13.10, and then let you know. That will bring in another inst. media. – Normann Aaboe Nielsen Dec 26 '13 at 17:57
  • OK, I installed 13.10 and it survived (no kernel panic) :-). So I guess that I'll work with this version. So now I only have to understand how to mount a SCSI device into the system, but that is another thread. – Normann Aaboe Nielsen Dec 26 '13 at 20:09
  • mkdir /mnt/super_tester and mount /dev/sdaXXX /mnt/super_tester and umount /dev/sdaXXX and rm -r /mnt/super_tester – jmunsch Dec 26 '13 at 20:14