[CentOS] CentOS 5.1 Core 2 Duo Install freezes

[Ken Price]

> Ken Price wrote:
>
>> Anyone out there with similar problems and/or workarounds?  Any ideas?
>
> install using a serial console, and capture the entire kernel panic
> from the console if you can. Have you tried any disk controllers other
> than the promise ?
>
> For me, if hardware SATA raid, it's 3Ware or nothing. I haven't ever
> really noticed good things said about other SATA raid cards.
>

This is using the onboard SATA, or the promise SATA controller (not a  
RAID controller).  Yeah, I've had problems capturing the entire panic.  
  I'll try via a terminal on monday morning.

I agree with the 3ware comment.  My high-end MySQL and NFS boxes have  
8-port 3Ware SATA RAID.