Civileme:
I need to buy an ATA/100 RAID controller. Because you
are saying the Promise will not work with the latest
kernels, where can I find a list of RAID controllers
that likely will work?
--- Andrew George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
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