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