[ale] ASUS P5MT question

[J. D.]

>
> >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
>
>

Glad you got it going man. Going to the SATA boot drive was a strong move.
It will probably be faster for you too, which is always nice. That chassis
looks pretty sweet, brushed metal all the way around w/ the stainless steel
look? Neato.
     The acpi issue seems strange. Is there some problem with ACPI and smp
systems? Some kinda timing problem?

J. D.
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