SuSE Linux: Version 8.0
The modules for your Promise RAID controller cannot be loaded. Thus, the attached disks cannot be found.
The cause is still unknown.
Enter the necessary I/O addresses as boot parameters for ide2 and ide3.
To calculate these addresses, start the rescue system and log in as 'root' user. Enter the command
hwinfo --storage_ctrl
The output section for the controller may be similar to:
27: PCI 20c.0: 0104 RAID bus controller [Created at pci.65] Unique ID: 6Ogo.XO4DClXBgC2 Hardware Class: storage Model: "Promise RAID bus controller" Vendor: 105a "Promise Technology, Inc." Device: 5275 "?" SubVendor: 105a "Promise Technology, Inc." SubDevice: 0275 "?" Revision: 0x01 I/O Ports: 0xa800-??? (rw) I/O Ports: 0xac00-??? (rw) I/O Ports: 0xb000-??? (rw) I/O Ports: 0xb400-??? (rw) I/O Ports: 0xb800-??? (rw) Memory Range: 0xee000000-??? (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 10 (no events) Driver Info #0: Driver Status: ataraid,pdcraid are not active Driver Activation Cmd: "insmod ataraid; insmod pdcraid" Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge (Normal decode))
Write down the first 4 I/O ports (from now on known as A,B,C,D).
Restart the installation and enter the following option at the boot prompt (remember you are working on a US keyboard layout now):
ide2=A,B+2 ide3=C,D+2
A-D must be replaced with the values previously detected. According to our example, this option would read:
ide2=0xa800,0xac02 ide3=0xb000,0xb402
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