msi kt266a pro2 RU motherboard.

xzibit · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9

well I have a msi kt266a pro2 ru motherboard with a onboard promise fasttrak lite raid controller with 2 ibm hds running raid0 and no matter what I seem to do I can not get the thing to work right while I'm installing gentoo. I've tried to pass the kernel options: ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170,0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0 ide9=0 but then I can not modprobe pdcraid after I get to the prompt saying theres no device, so I am unable to access the partitions. I have tried just booting without any kernel options which works fine, I can see the partitions, format them and start the install but about 5% way when I'm about to emerge rsync I get a screen full of errors saying the drives have been reset and my HD activity led is lit up and stays lit up until I shutdown. if I dont shut the system down, everything runs very very slow and I am unable to emerge rsync because it just stops half-way and does nothing. any help would be appericated.

crux · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 10 Location: Mumbai, India

try using

xzibit · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9

well I was able to get gentoo installed but now everyonce and a while at random times I get the same error:

hdg: timeout waiting for DMA
PDC202XX: Secondary channel reset
ide_dma_proc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14

then my system is completly unresponsive to commands, I can still type etc but I can not run anything at all and my hd activity light is lit up.

crux · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 10 Location: Mumbai, India

did you try passing the above mentioned options at boot time ? ... it worked for me
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c_kuzmanic · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 4:50 am Post subject:

Also make sure you are running the latest bios on that board, if not update it.

Guest · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 7:04 am Post subject:

well I decided to not use the onboard raid controller for doing the raid but use the kernel software raid, I succesfully made the array (/dev/md/0) and I made partitions on it just fine but in /dev/md/ it does not have the devices for the partitions that I made such as /dev/md/0p1 /dev/md/0p2 etc.

c_kuzmanic · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 8:35 am Post subject:

I use that controller on my Soyo K7V Dragon+ Board and I never had a problem. Did you configure the kernel properly to a) use the fasttrack options, b) support raid using that controller?

xzibit · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 9

I'm trying to install gentoo and I need to make the devices /dev/md/0p1 etc

Goodfella · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 13

I also have this motherboard... But I have no experience with raid at all. My question is: does raid 0 really improve the speed of the computer, like moving a big divx from one place to another?

Thanx in advance