Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
- Original Message - From: "Darren Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 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 ext2noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda5 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/sda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults0 0 shm /dev/shmtmpfs 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: 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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list 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 -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please update your address book, my current email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
A... user error. :) Great thanks... I assumed hd would be changed to sd. Thanks, John. John Myers wrote: On Tuesday 24 January 2006 14:06, Darren Grant wrote: 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... Replace sd with hd in your grub.conf (but not your fstab!). -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 14:06, Darren Grant wrote: > 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... Replace sd with hd in your grub.conf (but not your fstab!). -- # # electronerd, the electronerdian from electronerdia # pgpMGzTR6I6ks.pgp Description: PGP signature
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) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda5 vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap title=Windows XP Professional rootnoverify (sd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 # cat /etc/fstab /dev/sda2 /boot ext2noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda5 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/sda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults0 0 shm /dev/shmtmpfs 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: 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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list 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 -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please update your address book, my current email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
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: 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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list 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 -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please update your address book, my current email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list 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 -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please update your address book, my current email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
Pete, what did You do to get the nVidia GigEthernet up and running? I have compiled the forcedeth.ko hard into the kernel and the interface shows up as eth0. But when I plug in the CAT5 cable to my router switchport nothing happens (no blinking LED's, nothing). With XP the interface works perfectly. Regards, Stefan Am Dienstag, 24. Januar 2006 14:22 schrieb Pete Pardoe: > Stephan > > I am running and have been running for 4 months, the exact configuration > you describe except I have only one drive (SATA 2 250G) and therefore no > RAID but have not had a problem. I intend to add a second drive as > finances permit and will attempt to set up RAID at that point. > > Pete > > On 1/24/06, Stefan Trenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hai Darren, > > > > I am running an x939 Athlon 64X2 3800+ with an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Board, > > newest BIOS flashed (1016). > > I am running a dual boot WinXP + Gentoo on am RAID 1 (so I need the BIOS > > RAID) > > > > My findings are as follows: > > - 1. the HD's (2x250GB Samsung SATA-II) were plugged into the nVidia SATA > > controller (big mistake) > > > > -> there is a typo on the boot menu of the 2005.1-r1 LiveCD: in order to > > get > > the BIOS RAID on-line i have to utilize the dmraid tool. The LiveCD > > therefore > > recomments the boot string "gentoo dmraid" which does nothing since the > > correct boot string would be > > > > "gentoo dodmraid" > > > > -> during the stage 1 bootstrap i had several kernel Oops. It stopped > > when I > > used the boot string > > > > "gentoo dodmraid maxcpus=1" > > > > Since i liked to utilize both CPU kernels on the final system I unscrewed > > the > > box, replugged my disks to the 2nd (now SATA-II, Sil 3114) controler, > > reformatted the disks and newly formatted, partitioned, and installed > > windows > > XP > > > > (1. partition 500MB for Boot (i need it because the BIOS can not access > > partitions 20 Gig behind the beginning), 2. partition 20Gig XP, 3rd > > Partiton > > 10Gig VFAT, 4th partition 3Gig swap, 5th partition rest for Gentoo) > > > > -> LiveCD still utilices the sata_nv driver since the very first install > > of > > the HD's brought a nVidia signature to the HD's which are recognized by > > the > > dmraid tool, and which are not overwritten by the reformat utilizing the > > Sil > > 3114 controller (really weird). > > > > For the Istallation I still had to utilize "maxcpus=1". > > > > My System now runs fine with both CPU kernels but I still have a system > > freeze > > once a week allways after heavy disk utilization. > > > > --- > > > > And I still have an issue with the nVidia GigEthernet interface. The > > Marvel > > works fine. > > > > Hope this helps a bit. > > > > Cheers, > >Stefan > > > > Am Montag, 23. Januar 2006 22:30 schrieb Darren Grant: > > > 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. > > > > -- > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > Pete Pardoe -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
StephanI am running and have been running for 4 months, the exact configuration you describe except I have only one drive (SATA 2 250G) and therefore no RAID but have not had a problem. I intend to add a second drive as finances permit and will attempt to set up RAID at that point. PeteOn 1/24/06, Stefan Trenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hai Darren,I am running an x939 Athlon 64X2 3800+ with an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Board,newest BIOS flashed (1016).I am running a dual boot WinXP + Gentoo on am RAID 1 (so I need the BIOS RAID)My findings are as follows: - 1. the HD's (2x250GB Samsung SATA-II) were plugged into the nVidia SATAcontroller (big mistake)-> there is a typo on the boot menu of the 2005.1-r1 LiveCD: in order to getthe BIOS RAID on-line i have to utilize the dmraid tool. The LiveCD therefore recomments the boot string "gentoo dmraid" which does nothing since thecorrect boot string would be"gentoo dodmraid"-> during the stage 1 bootstrap i had several kernel Oops. It stopped when I used the boot string"gentoo dodmraid maxcpus=1"Since i liked to utilize both CPU kernels on the final system I unscrewed thebox, replugged my disks to the 2nd (now SATA-II, Sil 3114) controler, reformatted the disks and newly formatted, partitioned, and installed windowsXP(1. partition 500MB for Boot (i need it because the BIOS can not accesspartitions 20 Gig behind the beginning), 2. partition 20Gig XP, 3rd Partiton 10Gig VFAT, 4th partition 3Gig swap, 5th partition rest for Gentoo)-> LiveCD still utilices the sata_nv driver since the very first install ofthe HD's brought a nVidia signature to the HD's which are recognized by the dmraid tool, and which are not overwritten by the reformat utilizing the Sil3114 controller (really weird).For the Istallation I still had to utilize "maxcpus=1".My System now runs fine with both CPU kernels but I still have a system freeze once a week allways after heavy disk utilization.---And I still have an issue with the nVidia GigEthernet interface. The Marvelworks fine.Hope this helps a bit.Cheers, Stefan Am Montag, 23. Januar 2006 22:30 schrieb Darren Grant:> 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. --gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list-- Pete Pardoe
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
Hai Darren, I am running an x939 Athlon 64X2 3800+ with an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Board, newest BIOS flashed (1016). I am running a dual boot WinXP + Gentoo on am RAID 1 (so I need the BIOS RAID) My findings are as follows: - 1. the HD's (2x250GB Samsung SATA-II) were plugged into the nVidia SATA controller (big mistake) -> there is a typo on the boot menu of the 2005.1-r1 LiveCD: in order to get the BIOS RAID on-line i have to utilize the dmraid tool. The LiveCD therefore recomments the boot string "gentoo dmraid" which does nothing since the correct boot string would be "gentoo dodmraid" -> during the stage 1 bootstrap i had several kernel Oops. It stopped when I used the boot string "gentoo dodmraid maxcpus=1" Since i liked to utilize both CPU kernels on the final system I unscrewed the box, replugged my disks to the 2nd (now SATA-II, Sil 3114) controler, reformatted the disks and newly formatted, partitioned, and installed windows XP (1. partition 500MB for Boot (i need it because the BIOS can not access partitions 20 Gig behind the beginning), 2. partition 20Gig XP, 3rd Partiton 10Gig VFAT, 4th partition 3Gig swap, 5th partition rest for Gentoo) -> LiveCD still utilices the sata_nv driver since the very first install of the HD's brought a nVidia signature to the HD's which are recognized by the dmraid tool, and which are not overwritten by the reformat utilizing the Sil 3114 controller (really weird). For the Istallation I still had to utilize "maxcpus=1". My System now runs fine with both CPU kernels but I still have a system freeze once a week allways after heavy disk utilization. --- And I still have an issue with the nVidia GigEthernet interface. The Marvel works fine. Hope this helps a bit. Cheers, Stefan Am Montag, 23. Januar 2006 22:30 schrieb Darren Grant: > 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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 13:30 -0800, Darren Grant 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? There's a livecd in /experimental that has kernel 2.6.14 on it that might work better for you. -- Homer Parker Gentoo/AMD64 Team Gentoo/AMD64 Arch Tester Strategic Lead Gentoo Developer Relations [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
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. > -- > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > 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 -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please update your address book, my current email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
Homer Parker wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 13:30 -0800, Darren Grant 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? There's a livecd in /experimental that has kernel 2.6.14 on it that might work better for you. Excellent Homer, thanks... I'll grab that and try it right away. :) -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
Florian D. wrote: perhaps not exactly the information you want, but I own a mass storage controller from Promise Technology (SATAII 150 TX4, rev 02) and run 2 SATA1 drives with it. These drives are part of a raid-array and are running flawlessy. If you have problems with your mobo, you could think of buying such a card as an alternative. cheers, f Good to know... thanks, Florian. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
perhaps not exactly the information you want, but I own a mass storage controller from Promise Technology (SATAII 150 TX4, rev 02) and run 2 SATA1 drives with it. These drives are part of a raid-array and are running flawlessy. If you have problems with your mobo, you could think of buying such a card as an alternative. cheers, f -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations
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. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
