Hi,


congrats to your new 3Ware system!
I'm running a 2.4 Gentoo System with a 3Ware 7000-2 now and tried to upgrade to 2.6!

What kernel options did you switch on for the 3Ware controler?

My fresh compiled 2.6 stops with kernel panic because I did't point to the right boot device (with kernel 2.4 ...

Maybe it's your mainboard's APM function!

Some mainboards use CTRL-ATL-BackSpace for APM SHUTDOWN! Disable APM in grub apm=off or similar with lilo and try again.

Karsten.

This is for people who tried every configuration one can think of including the hints from this thread and all efforts were worth nothing....


TURN OFF APIC !!!!!!


In Grub.conf insert option "noapic"
lilo?!?


Sometimes it does magic!
On my system it did.

Karsten.

Problem SOLVED !


It was no kernel problem, no module problem, no initrd problem - it was APIC !

The 3Ware Controller and the mobo's ide-controller together did't cope with APIC. I disabled it with the "noapic" option in grub.conf and now everything is fine!

Thanks for your help,
Karsten.

Problem solved!

It was no kernel, no module problem.
I only had to disable the APIC function!

My mobo's ide-controller and the 3Ware Controller won't cope with APIC !

Now I use the "noapic" option in grub.conf and everything is alright now!


Greets, Karsten.

Hi,


I did my third Gentoo installation, but I didn't get everything running yet.

My system:

K7S5A Pro, Athlon-XP 1800+, 1GB RAM
3Ware RAID 7000-2 plus 2 x 160 GB Samsung
NVidia GF4 Ti4200
SBLive
onboard IDE0: DVD-ROM
onboard IDE1: (Mas) DVD+-RW , (Sec) CD-RW

the third installation using initrd ...

Any help here?
Thanks.

Here's my Grub-Conf:

default 0
timeout 8
splashimage=(hd0,8)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux mit Kernel 2.4.20 auf 3Ware RAID0
root (hd0,8)
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda11 apm=off hda=ide-cd hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd

title=Windows XP auf 3Ware ...

I use Kernel 2.4.20-r8, XFree 4.3.99.14 , KDE 3.1.4

NVidia GF4-Ti4200
Athlon XP - 1800
3Ware RAID , 2x160GB Samsung
SBLive
K7S5APro

Hi folks,


Just installed the complete Gentoo thing again because my 3Ware-IDE-RAID controller and the ide-scsi emulation didn't cope another.. I installed completely from the beginning using initrd.

OK, now the scsi modules are loaded in the right sequence so that all devices are recognized. But ...

Heyho... it works now !!!


What's gone wrong:

I had to compile the kernel again with initrd support included (but I asked to do so before ...?!?
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=30244&highlight=initrd+1024

OK, then initrd loaded during boot.

Important: It was necessary, that all the scsi ...

Hi,


now I added the -f option and nothing has changed.
But when I did the initrd modify I didn't copy initrd.old from the mentioned path because it is simply not present?

I installed Gentoo before using 3Ware not as module but with full support. When I did boot the 3Ware Controller was found ...

I added the modules but not with the -f option, is it necessary?
I will try.

I use the 3Ware 7000-2 with 2 ports and two 160GB Samsung.

Will be back soon....


Karsten.

I did it as described in the link above. I compiled the kernel only with modules.

I added ...

sg.o
sr_mod.o
sd_mod.o
scsi_mod.o
3w-xxxx.o

to /tmp/initrd.ext2

and gziped it again. Copy to /boot.


Now grub.conf contents of:

root(0,8)
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda11 .....
initrd (hd0 ...

To use initrd do I only have to put in the initrd line into grub.conf after compiling the kernel the modules only.

Is there an initrd option in the kernel?


Thanks.

Hello,


I don't know how to fix this:

I want to use a bootable 3Ware-IDE-RAID0 and the IDE-SCSI emulation for an IDE-CDRW and an IDE-DVDRW.

There is a generic 3Ware driver in the kernel at SCSI-adapters. So I think the adapter is used like a real SCSI-Adapter. So I have to compile the kernel with ...

Hello again,


I found a way to override this canon-patch but after this the patch isn't included!

Go into the /usr/portage/media-libs/libgphoto2/files directory an rename the canon patch file libgphoto2-2.1.2-canon.patch into ~.old with mv:

"mv libgphoto2-2.1.2-canon.patch libgphoto2-2.1.2-canon ...

Hello,


this is my second Gentoo installation and this time I decided to emerge kde. But now I encounter the same problem - has anyone a fix for this? Besides I dont't need an canon-patch, I use a Sony!

Thanks, Karsten.