[ale] ASUS P5MT question

[Dow_Hurst]

JD,
I got it to boot with a SATA primary drive and PATA DVDRW drive.  I am in Compatible Mode for the IDE subsystem with SATA as Primary and PATA as Secondary.  I noticed that the kernel ACPI routines had an error shown in dmesg:
 
<4>ACPI Error (dsopcode-0460): Attempt to create_field of length zero [20060127]
<4>ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node dffb7400), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE
<4>ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.CHN1.DRV0._GTF] (Node dffb7620), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE

so I disabled ACPI and used the install routine that deselects using ACPI for Suse 10.1.  That combination finally worked.  I'll put the PATA 80Gb drive somewhere else useful and put in a decent SATA drive for the installation.  I'll keep my nice WD4000YR drives for the RAID.  I also need to now doublecheck I can still boot if the RAID card goes back in.  I'm switching cases as well to enhance the cooling of the drives.  It is a Antec P180 Adv. Super Mid Tower.  A really nice design for a lot of quiet air moving in the right directions.  I appreciate your advice!  Thanks for helping out,
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. D." <jdonline at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 16, 2006 8:26 PM
>To: Dow_Hurst <Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] ASUS P5MT question
>
>>
>> >Thanks!  I've checked those settings and have disabled them.  There was
>> no Serial-ATA Boot >ROM.  I disabled the 3ware boot BIOS and the Onboard LAN
>> Boot ROM.  I found I was still >getting the boot failure so took out the
>> RAID card.  I still have this problem.  So, I am going >back to square one
>> and making sure cables are okay and that I can get a single SATA or >PATA
>> drive to work.  I am amazed at how much trouble I've had trying to put all
>> this hardware >together and get it to work!  Usually stuff just works.
>>
>
>Sounds like a good plan Dow. I have seen problems in the past with running
>PATA and SATA on the same board while trying to boot to the PATA. It is
>strange in your case since you are using a raid controller instead of the
>onboard SATA. It does sound like some sort of problem with the boot sequence
>though.
>     On some boards there is a SATA mode setting that is usually the
>solution for this type of problem. Usually toggling this setting to enhanced
>or legacy is helpful. It has been awhile since I troubleshot that problem
>and it varies a little bit from board to board. Let us know what you find.
>:)
>
>Best regards,
>
>J. D.


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