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On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 17:51 +0100, Tom Brown wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> is it running on a machine with a serverworks chipset by any chance?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> What are the known issues with a serverworks chipset? That might be my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> problem?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> # lspci</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CNB20HE Host Bridge </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 23)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:00.1 PCI bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CNB20LE Host Bridge </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:00.2 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CNB20HE Host Bridge </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:00.3 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CNB20HE Host Bridge </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 100] (rev 08)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:05.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:05.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 100] (rev 08)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) OSB4 South Bridge </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 50)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) OSB4 IDE Controller</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) OSB4/CSB5 OHCI </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> USB Controller (rev 04)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL AGP 2X </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (rev 27)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 02:01.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID (rev 01)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the RAID card seems to be an LSI one so i think this is perhaps where </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the issue is - Are there any workarounds?</FONT>
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the release notes located at<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.centos.org/docs/4/">http://www.centos.org/docs/4/</A><BR>
tell you the specific hardware and how to detect which hardware you have that may be affected...<BR>
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workarounds are here<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?url=archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html&serendipity">http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?url=archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html&serendipity</A><BR>
<BR>
Craig
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