Re: Drvie Corruption CONSTANTLY with Linux and KT7-RAID

[Jonathan Morton]

>At this point I am 100% lost.  any help would be
>greatly appreciated.  I am willing to do any testing
>of the system that anyone may need.  Currently I have
>no working copy of linux on the sytem.  My normal
>process to get running is to install slackware.
>download 2.4.2 and the latest ac patch.  Compile, add
>ide=reverse to lilo, switch the hd over to the
>highpoint hpt366 controller and reboot.  As soon as I
>boot corruption begins and drive will be useless
>within 10 minutes.  I have also tried leaving the HD
>on the VIA82686a controller witht the same results.
>Also note I have tried IBM & MAXTOR UDMA100 drives as
>well as IBM & WD UDMA66 Drives.  I have tried both 40
>& 80 pin cables on the drives.

I suggest using the 82686-based controller rather than the HPT one.  Also,
try running with DMA mode disabled.  Personally, I'm running fine with the
82686-based controller in DMA mode with a Seagate UDMA/66 drive.  You might
also want to look at the BIOS settings, which Windows drivers might
"adjust" at runtime to saner values.

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