I think (suspect) the problem is with the Promise controller
I've got an A7V that is running MDK8.0 with reiser and isn't having much
trouble....My drives are connected through the ata66 controller onboard
instead of the onboard ATA100 controller
Andrew
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:34, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> 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
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 5:06 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] Install Works, kernel panic on boot
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
