knoppix 3.2 doesn't boot on MSI K7T Turbo+Raid

[alexk195]

The 3.2 Version doesn't boot on MSI K7T Turbo Raid. :-(
Failsafe doesn't help.
Error msg:
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ataraid/d0: ataraid/d0p1 ataraid/d0p2
Drive 0 is 76319 MB
Raid0 array consists of 1 drives.
ataraid/d1:<1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual adress 00000
printig EIP :
000000
Oops: 0000
CPU : 0
..
..
Code : Bad EIP value
spurious 8259A interrupt IRQ 7
Kernel panic : attempted to kill init!
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It seems to be an error during detection of second raid array. But i have only one array (80GB) on raid controller (and two drives on the on-board controller).
disconnecting the hd from raid doesnt help.

The old version of knoppix (in german c't) worked fine !!!

How to disable the raid driver ?

[Discopete]

I'm getting roughly the same error message using the 3.2 ver. on an ECS K7S5A . It gets to "ataraid/d:0" and then dumps with the same error message as the previous poster.

I dont have a raid controller at all!


The system is :

AMD Athlon 1700 xp, ECS K7S5A mb, 512mb sdram, Que 32x12x48 cdrw and a total of about 130gb hd space on 3 drives (not raided)

[alexk195]

Try to disable first ide channel in bios. I suppose, your CD-ROM and one HD drive are on the second channel. The Promise IDE controller on my mainboard worked and i could access one of my harddisks.

[rickenbacherus]

alexk195 has a good idea. The EIP error is a BIOS error. You might also try booting with the 'noapm' &/or 'noapic' options. The option 'pci=biosirq' may also be worth checking out.