HP DL140g2 with serial ata hangs at ata0-master identifying

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 02:59:23PM -0700, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> I am trying to install 5.4-REL on a HP DL140g2 which has serial
> ata inside, but also pata interfaces (for like the cdrom) but no
> option to disable the said pata ports. And 5.4-rel install boot only
> cd is hanging at ata0-master identify. Is there a way to tell the
> kernel not to probe ata0? It hasn't even gone through it to find
> the sata controller.

Ok I looked a bit closer, the ata0-master identify timeouts are
actually the serial drive. It finds the ICH5 controller, but then
fails at the sata drive (160GB Maxtor). Anyone have an idea what else
to look for? System boots RedHat EL3 fine.

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Regards, Ulf.

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