Re: K7S5a & md driver, Debian 2.2R6 problems
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 14:49, csj wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:50:12 -0400
> lketter <lketter@config.com> wrote:
>
> > Have a K7S5A that is locking on the CDROM boot of disk 1. It
> > locks after the floppy detect when it starts to load the md driver
> > (version 0.36.6 ). The DDR chip is the CE POWMEM 512MB 266MHZ, 184
> > pin.... It keeps locking constistantly at this point.... Do you have
> > any suggestions?
>
> Since you asked for a suggestion and not a(n outright) solution, here
> goes. Is this an ECS board? Get a kernel with SIS chipset support
> enabled. You probably can't do this with the installer you now have. You
> might need to build a custom one using your other computer.
>
> > I have been using Debian since the MAY 25,2000 Beta & have never
> > seen a problem quite like this before....
>
> <FUD> Yes, the SIS-based boards are quite amazing. </FUD>
My wife's PC has been using the same model board (don't know what rev),
but with a 512MB SDRAM chip for 4 months with no problems. Used the
idepci kernel to install with, and now run a custom 2.4.17 kernel.
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