Re: 3ware 8506-4 hangs while making filesystem
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 22:21, Tinus Nijmeijers wrote:
> I'm guessing someone here would know about this, so here goes:
>
> I'm installing a new system (P4C, intel mainboard, 1G RAM, 4x160GB SATA,
> 3ware 8506-4, raid 5) and the system freezes completely while formatting
> a big partition ("unable to handle kernel paging request..." means
> absolutely nothing to me).
> I installed without the 3ware card on a single 160GB disk: no problem.
> Right now I'm installing Redhat-9, it seemed ok but now I see big RED
> alerts on my screen:
>
> kernel BUG at buffer.c 559!
> invalid operand: 0000
> CPU: 0
>
> Anyone experienced this with a 3ware card?
I've spent way too much time on this.
Turns out the mainboard (or ram, don't know yet) is foobar'd.
Woody installs just fine on an old PIII system with the 3ware 8506.
Sorry to take up your time, and thanks for the help.
tinus.
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