[CentOS] Centos5 installer hangs upwith promise sata controller on board

Wed Apr 25 22:17:22 UTC 2007
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On 4/25/07, Miguel Medalha <miguelmedalha at sapo.pt> wrote:
> >  There have been boot problems with different Promise controllers with
> > somewhat different symptoms.  Mine is
> >
> > 00:11.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20575
> > (SATAII150 TX2plus) (rev 02)
> >
> >
> > Promise PDC20319u SATA 150 RAID
> >
> > OK - looks like we are dealing with two different sata_promise bugs.
> >
> Just for common information:
>
> I just tried to install CentOS 5 on a computer with a Promise PDC20378
> controler (non-RAID mode) and the installer hangs.

Yet another addition.  Mine is PDC40718 (SATA 300 TX4) (rev 02), set
up on CentOS 4.4, software RAID1, and working fine.  Does anyone know
if this card will encounter the same installer problem under CentOS 5?

Akemi