Redhat 8/9 or FreeBSD 5.2.1 on ASUS PC-DL Deluxe, anyone?

[Kendrick-LUG]

Brian Densmore wrote:

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>>From: Kendrick-LUG
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>>... if you don't think its a sata problem try using one of the 
>>standard ide 
>>ports, disable the sata stuff and see if it runs if it does.. 
>>then enable 
>>the sata stuff  see if it panics  if it still doesn't panic it may have 
>>some other weird issue with sata.   if it still panics with ata100 
>>drives you know its not the sata stuff.
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>Can you do that with SATA drives? Run them as ATA?
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>I tend to agree here. Use a process of elimination to find where the problem is.
>Running out and buying more hardware isn't the solution. I'd try
>running in ATA mode if you can. I'd also turn off RAID. Start with a plain
>brown wrapper config and then turn on one feature at a time until the problem
>reoccurs. What I would do is the following:
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> 1) install a known working ATA HD,
> 2) remove any unnecessary cards,
> 3) load the BIOS defaults, turn off RAID and SATA,
> 4) test to see if RH loads,
> 5) replace known working drive with one of the new drives,
> 6) retest,
> 7) add second drive and retest,
> 8) (if any cards removed add back in one at a time and retest),
> 9) turn on SATA and retest,
>10) turn on RAID and retest,
>11) tune BIOS for performance and retest.
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>This should tell you where the problem is with some degree of certainty.
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>HTH,
>Brian
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no but you listed the process close enough to what  i was thinking..   
duno if the raid part can be turned off though i think its either you 
set it up as a pair of raid drives or you dont.  atleast on my system.  
ruddy ot....   muddles the mind.