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Thanks for the input. I've come to the conclusion my two motherboards are too old. One doesn't work on 2005.1-r1 and the other doesn't work on Windows XP Pro. Both systems install but they can't boot because they don't see the drives and don't see the controller. |
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> From: jarry@×××.net |
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> Date: 2006/02/27 Mon AM 06:15:27 EST |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sata Controllers and drives |
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> Brett I. Holcomb wrote: |
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> > 1. SATA Controllers - I see a bunch listed in menuconfig but what have |
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> > you found to work? Is Promise any good? What are some good brands |
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> Personally I could not install gentoo 2005.1-r1 on ASUS A8N-VM mobo |
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> (southbridge nVidia 410 MCP, + northbridge GF6100 graphics). |
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> Loading sata_nv always freezes system. Probably too old kernel... |
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> I also tried "experimental" install-amd64-universal-2005-12-11.iso |
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> (as advised in gentoo-forum). This time booting was without problems, |
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> both network as well as sata-drives were recognised. I could even |
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> partition both sata-drives, and create /dev/md's arrays... |
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> Problems came later, when formating (mke2fs -j /dev/md*): |
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> I got random sync-errors causing kernel-panic. I repeated it a few |
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> times, always sync-error, but on random places of disk (sometimes while |
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> formating 1st partition, sometimes while formating 4th partition). |
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> I could never get past formating all 8 partitions, so I gave it up... |
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> > 2. Sata drives - what have you found to be reliable and work well. |
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> > I've crossed Hitachi off my list because of my experience with the |
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> > Ultrastores. |
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> In my story, I have tried it with 2x Seagate 7200.9, but I still think |
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> problem is mobo/chipset. I tested drives with Seagates' sea-tools |
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> utility, full test took ~4 hours (2x 160GB). No errors found. Moreover, |
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> I could install WinXP on this computer without any problem. Sad, but |
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> I've heard NVidia is not so open to kernel-dev to give them enough |
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> details about its new chipsets... |
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> That's my experience with gentoo & sata drives/controler. I'l try |
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> to get some VIA-based mobo (K8T890) to see if it works better... |
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> Jarry |
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