Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

[Stefan Trenker]

Pete,

what did You do to get the nVidia GigEthernet up and running?

I have compiled the forcedeth.ko hard into the kernel and the interface shows 
up as eth0. But when I plug in the CAT5 cable to my router switchport nothing 
happens (no blinking LED's, nothing).
With XP the interface works perfectly.

Regards,
   Stefan

Am Dienstag, 24. Januar 2006 14:22 schrieb Pete Pardoe:
> Stephan
>
> I am running and have been running for 4 months, the exact configuration
> you describe except I have only one drive (SATA 2 250G) and therefore no
> RAID but have not had a problem.  I intend to add a second drive as
> finances permit and will attempt to set up RAID at that point.
>
> Pete
>
> On 1/24/06, Stefan Trenker <stefan.trenker@×××.de> wrote:
> > Hai Darren,
> >
> > I am running an x939 Athlon 64X2 3800+ with an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Board,
> > newest BIOS flashed (1016).
> > I am running a dual boot WinXP + Gentoo on am RAID 1 (so I need the BIOS
> > RAID)
> >
> > My findings are as follows:
> > - 1. the HD's (2x250GB Samsung SATA-II) were plugged into the nVidia SATA
> > controller (big mistake)
> >
> > -> there is a typo on the boot menu of the 2005.1-r1 LiveCD: in order to
> > get
> > the BIOS RAID on-line i have to utilize the dmraid tool. The LiveCD
> > therefore
> > recomments the boot string "gentoo dmraid" which does nothing since the
> > correct boot string would be
> >
> > "gentoo dodmraid"
> >
> > -> during the stage 1 bootstrap i had several kernel Oops. It stopped
> > when I
> > used the boot string
> >
> > "gentoo dodmraid maxcpus=1"
> >
> > Since i liked to utilize both CPU kernels on the final system I unscrewed
> > the
> > box, replugged my disks to the 2nd (now SATA-II, Sil 3114) controler,
> > reformatted the disks and newly formatted, partitioned, and installed
> > windows
> > XP
> >
> > (1. partition 500MB for Boot (i need it because the BIOS can not access
> > partitions 20 Gig behind the beginning), 2. partition 20Gig XP, 3rd
> > Partiton
> > 10Gig VFAT, 4th partition 3Gig swap, 5th partition rest for Gentoo)
> >
> > -> LiveCD still utilices the sata_nv driver since the very first install
> > of
> > the HD's brought a nVidia signature to the HD's which are recognized by
> > the
> > dmraid tool, and which are not overwritten by the reformat utilizing the
> > Sil
> > 3114 controller (really weird).
> >
> > For the Istallation I still had to utilize "maxcpus=1".
> >
> > My System now runs fine with both CPU kernels but I still have a system
> > freeze
> > once a week allways after heavy disk utilization.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > And I still have an issue with the nVidia GigEthernet interface. The
> > Marvel
> > works fine.
> >
> > Hope this helps a bit.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >    Stefan
> >
> > Am Montag, 23. Januar 2006 22:30 schrieb Darren Grant:
> > > I'm currently looking to build a cost effective web/email server.
> > >
> > > I'm considering using an ASUS A8N-E with an x939 Athlon 64 x2 3800+
> > > 2Ghz processor. I'm also hoping to use RAID-1 over dual SATA2 drives.
> > > In researching gentoo and SATA2, I've come across numerous problems
> > > that people are experiencing with the 2005.1-r1live-cd install and the
> > > sata_nv driver and SATA in general. Has this been fixed? Does anyone
> > > have any advice for me? Has anyone successfully installed on SATA2
> > > drives running with an nforce4 chipset mobo? If they haven't, were they
> > > able to get SATA2 drives running as SATA1? Or at least SATA1 from a
> > > fresh install of the 2005.1-r1 AMD64 livecd? I noticed a lot of
> > > problems with the ASUS A8N-VM/CSM which is why I'm investigatin the
> > > A8NE.
> > >
> > > If this has already been discussed, I apologize in advance... I'm new
> > > to the list and couldn't find what I was looking for in the archives.
> > >
> > > Any help or advice would be appreciated.
> >
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