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