Making sure the BIOS option 'PnP OS' or similar is off
might help.

Jaromir

Paul Ripke wrote:
> I've picked up a new box with an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard. I
> did some checking to make sure enough of it was supported before
> buying. I figured the HT support might be questionable, and the
> onboard RAID out of the question. However, I find that I can't get
> to my P-ATA drives (ST340014A, ST3120026A and a 48x CD-ROM).
> 
> I've tried a few different combos, I was hoping someone might point
> me in the right direction.
> 
> 1.6.1 iso:
>   - didn't expect this to work much at all.
>   - finds all attached drives via pciide, but hangs right at the end
>     of the kernel messages, after printing:
>     "biomask ffed netmask ffed ttymask ffef"
> 1.6.2 iso:
>   - didn't expect this to be much different to 1.6.1.
>   - configures the controller via pciide but no disks.
>   - doesn't hang.
> 2.0 beta iso with INSTALL kernel:
>   - configures the controller via piixide, but still no disks.
>   - if I enable USB and 1394 in the BIOS, I get the following
>     message when piixide is configuring the second channel:
>     "intr_establish: pic pic0 pin 15: can't share type 3 with 2"
>     similar error further along for the AGP card.
> 2.0 beta custom kernel with acpi+ioapic+mpacpi
>   - piixide attaches, but still no disks.
>   - HT works! :)
>   - also tried ACPI_PCI_FIXUP - no change.
> 
> Googling around, I see people running similar beasts. Any
> hints? I'm planning on running 2.0 on this medium term.
> 
> I'm currently building a custom kernel from HEAD to see if
> anything changes. I might also stick a spare NIC in it, so at
> least I'll be able to ftp off the dmesg.
> 
> FYI: There also appears to be some issue with sk/skc talking
> to a Marvell Yukon chipset. I'll investigate this after I get
> the disks working. I did install XP, and everything seems about
> as OK as I'd expect for XP (drives and NIC worked).
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> stix
> 

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