> 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.