Bug#320365: sata info
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:19:34PM -0600, Daniel Hearn wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Debian-installer-version: <latest etch net-install cd image, 7/20/05>
> uname -a: <n/a>
> Date: <Jul 28 12:30>
> Method: <I did a network install, download a minimal cd image. Not proxied>
>
> Machine: <>
> Processor: AMD XP 2700
> Memory: 1GB
> Root Device: <SCSI /dev/sda1>
> Root Size/partition table: <I attempted to make 3 partitions: boot, swap,
> root>
> Output of lspci and lspci -n: n/a
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot worked: [O]
> Configure network HW: [O]
> Config network: [O]
> Detect CD: [O]
> Load installer modules: [O]
> Detect hard drives: [E]
> Partition hard drives: [E]
> Create file systems: [O]
> Mount partitions: [O]
> Install base system: [O]
> Install boot loader: [O]
> Reboot: [E]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> <I have two 80GB Maxtor Serial ATA drives. They were striped. In BIOS, it
> appears to be a 160GB Drive.
> The installer picked them up as two separate drives. I went ahead and
> partitioned the first one without
> a problem. I went on with the install, installed GRUB to the MBR, and
> rebooted the machine. It hangs on
> a blank screen after the reboot. For variation, I will attempt to mirror
> the drives ...SATA chipset is
> Promise FastTrack 20378 I mirrored the drives and redid the install, it
> seems to work only if the boot loader is installed on another IDE drive I
> have, not on the SATA drives.>
dmraid is not supported yet. Use a hardware raid controller, or stick
to linux software raid.
Proprietary software raid doesn't work yet (maybe when dmraid is ever
stable, should that ever happen).
Last install I did, did not support 20378 card, but the netinst image I
made with 2.6.12 on it did work fine when I tested it on the 20378 a few
days ago. I never did check if 2.6.8 supports the 20378 or not.
Len Sorensen
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