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From: "Darren Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
I have XP installed to the first partition (sd0,0). And I believe I have
all I need for the sata_nv drivers...
#cat .config | grep 'SATA_NV'
CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV=y
# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(sd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1
root (sd0,1)
#### correction
root (hd0,1)
#### to grub all hard drives are hd(,)
The 1 says that you have a separate boot partition as the second partion on
the drive as in partion 0, partition 1, etc
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda5 vga=0x318
video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap
#### correction this needs to be all on one line assumes separate boot
partition
kernel hd(0,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda5
video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=791
#### correction this needs to be all on one line
title=Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (sd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1
2
/dev/sda5 / reiserfs noatime 0
1
/dev/sda3 none swap sw 0
0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0
0
proc /proc proc defaults 0
0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs
nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
When I reboot the grub menu flashes quickly and then I see the following
error:
Booting 'Gentoo Linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1
root(sd0,1)
Error 23: Error while parsing number
Press any key to continue...
At which point I hit a key and I can see a grub menu (barely... it has
vertical lines running through it) and I can see my two editable options
of "Gentoo ..." and "Windows XP Pro"
Drake Donahue wrote:
sata_nv should be compiled in kernel.
suggest posting your /boot/grub/grub.conf and /etc/fstab here.
is your boot directory on a separate partition?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
This may be a stupid question, but what's the process for compiling the
initrd image to include support for sata_nv
Using the experimental LiveCD suggested by Homer worked, and I was able
to setup Gentoo... but it fails on the grub startup after rebooting...
sounds like that might be the problem...
Jordi Molina wrote:
On 1/23/06, Darren Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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hello,
I installed gentoo from another livecd and then compiled the kernel
and the initrd image to support sata_nv.
It boots fine for me. Forget about using the nvraid, is not hardware,
so if you need it, go sw raid or buy a decent RAID card.
cheers
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