----- Original Message ----- From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "david van zeebroeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] panic on install of beta3
> "david van zeebroeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i'm trying to install md 8.2 beta3 on a new machine but i'm getting a panic > > right at the start of the install > > > > the machine in question is an abit bd7 with highpoint hpt372 controller with > > 512mb ddr ram and p4 1.8ghz > > > > the panic occurs right after i press enter to start the install > > at very first mandrake graphical screen? what when you hit "F1" > before? > > generally it's because of corrupted boot medium. > > i did some more testing and it seems it's related to the highpoint when i disable the raid controller the installer start's i found this list on the kernel mailinglist about a similar problem (other mb , same hpt controller) : http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=linux.kernel.20020221091319.37 e74cba.lkml%40andyjeffries.co.uk&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dhpt372% 26meta%3Dgroup%253Dmlist.linux.kernel seems 2.4.18 could prove a sollution this second thread gives a patch to fix the sollution http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=linux.kernel.04f801c1af2d%2405 697130%2412320987%40dr.avaya.com&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dhpt372%2Bgroup:ml ist.linux.kernel%2Bgroup:mlist.linux.kernel%26hl%3Den%26scoring%3Dd it's one of those or redhat 7.2 (highpoint has a driver for 7.2) but these highpoint are allready found on many mb's (all new abit's have these now) so maybe to prevent a lot of people with panic's there should be found a sollution i can help in testing with this if needed
