I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when installing Centos 4.4 64 bit I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from the list of drivers during the initial install. The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen.
I'm thinking that the install to the SATA drive went well since it boots from the drive though it doesn't exactly boot completely.
I have tried reinstalling several times already with the same negative results.
Would appreciate any help that someone could offer in getting this working with this new MB.
Here are the specs of the MB:
-Key Specifications: NC-AS-M2N-MX Form Factor: uATX, 9.6" x 8.8" CPU - Support AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
Chipset - NVIDIA nForce430/GeForce6100
Front Side Bus - 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory - Dual channel memory architecture - 4 x 240-pin DIMM, support max. 4GB DDR2 800/667/533 ECC and non-ECC,un-buffered memory VGA - Integrated GeForce 6100 GPU - High Definition Video Processing with max. resolutions to 1920 x 1440
Expansion Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 - 1 x PCI Express x1 - 2 x PCI
Storage/RAID - NVIDIA MCP61P - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 - *4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 & JBOD NVIDIA MediaShield? RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives LAN - NVIDIA MCP61P built-in Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY
Audio - ADI AD1986A High Difinition Audio 5.1channel CODEC - Support Jack-Sensing and S/PDIF out interface
USB - 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
Manageability - WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR, PXE, Chassis Intrusion
BIOS - 4Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0 Overclocking Features - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) from 200MHz to 230MHz at 1MHz - increment - Adjustable Voltage : - *core: @ 0.025V stepping - *chipset: 2- stepping - *ddr: 4- stepping - Overclocking Protection: - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features - ASUS Q-Fan - ASUS My Logo 2 - ASUS CrashFreeBIOS2 - ASUS EZ Flash 2 Back Panel I/O Ports - 4 x USB 2.0 ports - 1 x RJ45 - 1 x COM1 - 1 x PS/2 Mouse - 1 x 5.1 channel Audio I/O - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
Internal I/O Connectors - 3 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports - 1 x S/PDIF output connector - High Definition Front panel audio connector - 4-pin CPU Fan / 2*Chassis Fan connectors - Chassis Intrusion connector - CD audio-in connector - 24-pin ATX power connector - 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
Accessories - 1 x Serial ATA cables - 1 x FDD cable - 1 x SATA power cable - 1 x I/O Shield - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable - User's manual
- 1 x COM1 - 1 x PS/2 Mouse - 1 x 5.1 channel Audio I/O - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
Internal I/O Connectors - 3 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports - 1 x S/PDIF output connector - High Definition Front panel audio connector - 4-pin CPU Fan / 2*Chassis Fan connectors - Chassis Intrusion connector - CD audio-in connector - 24-pin ATX power connector - 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
Accessories - 1 x Serial ATA cables - 1 x FDD cable - 1 x SATA power cable - 1 x I/O Shield - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable - User's manual
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 15:39 -0600, Ed Burgstaler wrote:
I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when installing Centos 4.4 64 bit I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from the list of drivers during the initial install. The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen.
I'm thinking that the install to the SATA drive went well since it boots from the drive though it doesn't exactly boot completely.
I have tried reinstalling several times already with the same negative results.
Would appreciate any help that someone could offer in getting this working with this new MB.
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Try initially loading in run level 3 (NON-X mode)
at blue grub screen, press enter, then select a kernel and press "A"
add a "3" to start in CLI mode ... then you can troubleshoot the video errors
Ed Burgstaler wrote:
I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when installing Centos 4.4 64 bit I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from the list of drivers during the initial install. The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen.
I have a motherboard that is not very different (probably not 100% identical either) and CentOS works fine. It's Fedora 6 that's causing SATA issues on that mobo.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227186
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227441
There's something wrong with SATA on these new motherboards. Or maybe they are too new and the SATA support in the kernel is lagging.
Ed Burgstaler wrote:
I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when installing Centos 4.4 64 bit I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from the list of drivers during the initial install. The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen.
I'm thinking that the install to the SATA drive went well since it boots from the drive though it doesn't exactly boot completely.
I have tried reinstalling several times already with the same negative results.
Would appreciate any help that someone could offer in getting this working with this new MB.
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You say you think it is hanging at the video startup, yet you fail to give any info on what video hardware you have. Do you by chance have video based on the nVidia 6200 chipset? If so, Centos will try to install the nv driver, which does not support that chipset. There may be other chipsets in the same situation, but that is the one that I fought with. The proprietary nVidia driver works very nicely, but be sure to switch to vga before upgrading the kernel, as it has to be reinstalled/recompiled after every kernel upgrade.
Ted Miller Indiana, USA
Ed Burgstaler wrote:
I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when installing Centos 4.4 64 bit I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from the list of drivers during the initial install. The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen.
I'm thinking that the install to the SATA drive went well since it boots from the drive though it doesn't exactly boot completely.
I have tried reinstalling several times already with the same negative results.
Would appreciate any help that someone could offer in getting this working with this new MB.
When you get the grub screen, hit esc to stop the count down. Edit the kernel line and add 'acpi=off' to the list of kernel parameters. Then boot (run) that grub entry.
After you have got in, edit all your kernel parameters to add acpi=off.
That is how I get Centos 64-bit to run stably on my Asus manufactured board. Asus BIOSes are crap and their acpi table setup is lousy.
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