Civlieme
The problem I had with booting the 8.0 final using the 2.4.3-20 kernel and
the ASUS A7V only occurred if I used the ReiserFS for all partitions.
When I use an Ext2 /boot I have no problem booting or running 8.0
All hds on the 2 A7V systems (3on 1, 2 on the other) are connected to the
onboard Promise ATA100 controller and I have the lastest BIOS update which
is from 3/2001.
Are you saying that I should not be able to use this kernel, or, that I will
never be
able to use a later kernel.
Charles
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> Subject: [expert] Install Works, kernel panic on boot
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> Some folks mentioned this problem, and had it disappear when
> they upgraded
> their AMD BIOS (There was a hardware bug)
>
> Others have the Plug-In board from Maxtor or Promise (both
> use the same
> chipset, and so does the ASUS A7V. Kernel 2.4.3-ac5 or later
> does not work
> with this chipset. The chipset was never developed fore
> anything but windows
> and no support for linux, not even information, was ever released.
>
> The result is that in fixing known bugs and adhering to the specs for
> ATA/100, the linux kernel team has created kernels that do
> not support this
> chipset.
>
> 7.2 and 8.0 beta 1 and RedHat 7.1 (without an upgraded
> kernel) seem to work
> with this Promise Ultra-2 Mass Storage Chip with varying
> degrees of success.
> Others do _NOT_.
>
> If you have just purchased the board, return it immediately
> to the place of
> purchase, or use it as intended, as a winIDE controller.
>
> Civileme
>
>
