Hello,
I'm a Windows XP user who is trying to get the default installation of RH8 working on my computer. The problem is, RH8 (and previously, RH7.3 too) won't boot if i have more than 2 harddrives connected to my RAID controller (I have 3 HDs connected). If I remove either one (not the one with the OS on it) then RH boots up fine. However, with 3 connected, it freezes during bootup... here is the message shown up to that point: (sorry for any typos, i couldn't copy it from /var/log/messages because that file was 0 bytes)PDC 20265: Chipset revision 2 (that's the name of my onboard promise FT100 controller)
ide found promise 20265 in RAID mode
PDC20265: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC 20265: (U)DMA Burst Bit Enabled Primary Master Mode Secondary Master Mode
ide2:BM-DMA at 0xa800-0xa807, bios settings: hde:pio, hdf: pio
ide3:BM-DMA at 0xa808-0xa80f, bios settings: hdgpio, hdh: pio (I think there should be an ide4 somewhere here too)
VP_IDE: IDE Controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89
PCI: no IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device at 00:11.1 please try using pci = biosirq (I tried doing that but I get the same error too)
VP_IDE: Chipset revision 6 (that's the VIA southbridge on my SOYO dragon plus!)
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA VT8233(rev00)IDE UDMA100 Controller on pci 00:11.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb000-0xb007: hda:DMA, hdb: pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb008-0xb00f: hdc: DMA, hdd:pio
hda: LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM DRIVE (on VIA controller)
hdc: TDK CDRW241040X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM DRIVE (on VIA controller)
hde: QUANTUM FIREBALL P LM 30, ATA DISKDRIVE (on the PROMISE RAID)
hdf: WDC WD450AA-0BAA0, ATA DISKDRIVE (on the PROMISE RAID)
hdg: WDC WD1200BB-0CAA0, ATA DISKDRIVE (on the PROMISE RAID)
IDE0 at 0x1f0-0x17f, 0x3f6 on irq 14
IDE1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15
IDE2 at 0x1800-0x1807, 0x9c02 on irq 10
IDE3 at 0x1000-0x1007, 0xa402 on irq 10
blk: queue c03ba6ec, I/O limiot 4095mb (mask 0xffffffff) (I think it freezes here because it's trying to get IDE 4 now, but didn't detect it right before or something)After it freezes, hitting ALT-CTRL-DEL does not reboot the machine. I have to hit the little reset switch on the front of the computer to do that. However, when I do that (soft reboot) the RAID bios comes up saying something like "Warning: Promise FastTrak 100 does not detect proper interrupts, check PCI IRQ setup and make sure bus mastering is supported by the PCI slot". If i go ahead an do a hard reboot (turning off the switch in the back and then turning it back on) then the RAID bios completes successfully and I can try to boot again.
I upgraded my raid bios to the latest version 2.00.0.24 which supports 48 bit LBA addressing, and updated my Win XP drivers accordingly, and XP runs without a hitch, regardless of the number of IDE raid devices connected. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.... Thanks!Victor
I have all three drives configured as separate drives (not linked together via RAID 0 or 1 because they are not the same sizes, 30gb, 45gb, 120gb)
