> I've had a look in /proc/pci and the raid controller is indeed > sharing interrupts with the onboard network controller and the > onboard usb. I can't find anywhere in the bios to change the > assigned IRQs, or disable the internal devices. Any suggestions > on how I might do this ? (I've just flashed to the latest BIOS > version and that doesn't help) In my ASUS board I can select if the BIOS should automatically assign IRQs to cards in PCI slots, or to assign a fixed IRQ for each PCI slot. Search for this kind of thing in your bios. I simply disabled the problematic device since I don't use it anyway :) > I tried removing the ide0 and ide1 entries, but that doesn't seem to > change anything (kernel still panics). I notice that you specify the > IRQ number in your append line. Is this necessary/good or not? Yes, it is necessary - at least according to the Promise driver's README and the ATARAID-HOWTO > Also, newbie question, I'd like to send the output of from the kernel > before it panics to the list. How do I capture the text? I have no idea -- I'm not far from newbie level myself :-) you could check what was written to /var/log/messages -- maybe it's there. Alon.
