Hi I think we all wait for the best person to answer emails rather than ignoring. A few times a few people feel they are best ones to answer. It looks like you have bad 80G disks. I dont think using 7200RPM/80G is a problem. Can you use fdisk? Can you format in dos and make sure no bad sectors On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Jens W. Skov - JS Consult wrote: > With regard to my prior mails (that seems to be ignored around here) I > have now tried to set up the system with two old faulty 2Gb disks instead > of the two new 80Gb disks, and this works if I ignore all the time outs > and disk errors. > Could it be a problem to use 80Gb 7200RPM discs?? > Hvis I used theese old discs I was asked to initialize them before > diskdruid could run. I'm not asked this on the new discs. Could I force > that somehow?? > > On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Murty Rompalli wrote: > > > > > I see a lot of them posted questions reporting problems installing RH 7.3 > > w/ Promise Fasttrak. I just finished installing RH 7.3 on Dual processor > > box. Please read my tips and add your tips. (I have to > > update my howto) > > > > INSTALLING RH 7.3 Promise RAID > > > > 1. Get driver from http://www.promise.com/support/file/T-FTS-02-RHD73.zip > > This has two zip files one for multiprocessor and other for single > > processor. Pick the right one and extract in a dos formatted floppy > > > > 2. Install RH 7.3 with CD by typing "linux noprobe" at the > > boot: prompt. Press F2 and insert your driver floppy > > > > 3. Install RH 7.3 on /dev/sda, install lilo on MBR of /dev/sda. Reboot and > > login > > > > INSTALLING Linux ATA RAID > > > > 4. Get latest kernel 2.4.19 from www.kernel.org > > > > 5. Enable ATARAID support, Promise RAID, FastTrack feature, Promise > > software raid, DMA feature for Promise all built into kernel, not modules > > > > 6. Uninstall lilo and install latest lilo 22.x. If install fails because > > there is no nasm-x.xx. Install nasm first. Otherwise ignore errors with > > lilo new version install as long as /sbin/lilo is created > > > > 7. Change root=/dev/sda1 to root=/dev/ataraid/d0p1, linear to lba32 in > > /etc/lilo.conf. Dont change boot=/dev/sda. Run lilo and reboot > > > > 8. You may or may not be able to boot!!. If you get kernel panic: > > > > (a) It says: please give correct root= parameter > > Wrong entry in /etc/lilo.conf or you didnt enable raid support at all > > > > (b) kmod: cannot load block-major-xx-xx > > You enabled but you accepted default option while building (build as > > modules). You have to build into the kernel, not modules > > > > (c) cannot mount root fs from device 72:01 or something like that. > > If you get this and/or notice that it never identified individual disks > > before kernel trying to mount root, then you also need append line > > > > Boot into promise fake raid box with sda, edit lilo.conf to include append > > line and reboot. Did somebody report nodma also needed? I didnt need it > > > > 9. hdc: lost interrupt (complains if you want to use cdrom). Somebody on > > this list reported changing irq to solve this, I gnore this error. hdc > > connected to ide0 or ide1 (of motherboard). Any more tips on fixing this? > > I tried nousb at boot time which minimized this a bit > > > > 10. APIC error on CPU. > > This is very common with dual cpu motherboards. Not a good thing. Bad > > motherboard with bad apic lines. Never sees full mips of your cpu. Other > > than throwing the motherboard (or running Windows that hides the error), > > anyone has tips on this? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > - Jens W. Skov - JS Consult > - Phone: 45884077 / 23254077 > - E-Mail: jens@xxxxxxxxxxxx > - Web: http://www.jsconsult.dk http://jnet.dk > - NEW ADDRESS FROM JULY 02: Rævehøjparken 58, 2800 Lyngby > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
