How do I check for what chip set is on the motherboard? ----- Original Message ---- From: Erich Newell To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:29:33 PM Subject: Re: Can't boot I've seen this error before. Many many many many (add a lot of "many"s) times. Shortly after each episode, I would lose sense of my PCI SATA card (SiL chipset) which would then crush my RAID. (loosing two drives simultaneously is not a happy time, even for RAID6!) I've spoken to Neil Brown about it (maintainer of mdadm) and he is of the same mind as many others: something with the SATA drivers and the particular chipset. What is the chipset of the controller connected to this drive? On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > > > > I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.03. Now, during the post-boot initialization process > the system goes into a fugue trying to mount the CD/DVD drive. > > It keeps trying: > > ata2.00: Exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 Action Frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24:00/ et cetera > ata2.00: status {DRDY} > > So I try to use the CD of Ubuntu 7.10 that came with the Dell system as a > rescue disk. Unfortunately, it won't play nice with something in the video > stack (probably the monitor). It comes up in VGA mode, but when it comes > time to run the boot or install option, video won't work and keeps > complaining about V60Hz and H74.6Hz. (I don't know if it's the monitor or > the OS complaining about the video synch frequency.) > > So: > I can't boot from hard drive. > And I can only boot to ram drive from the "rescue" CD. > > I'm thinking of opening the box and disconnecting the CD/DVD to see if that > will result in a boot. > > ________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "A man is defined by the questions that he asks; and the way he goes about finding the answers to those questions is the way he goes through life." --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ