The following lines are part of the output when I invoke the dmesg command: Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.03.04 GSI 20 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 20 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:86:01.0[A] -> GSI 32 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup ioc0: SAS1068: Capabilities={Initiator} input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'default' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 mptbase: ioc0: ERROR - Doorbell INT timeout (count=299999), IntStatus=0! mptbase: ioc0: ERROR - Handshake reply failure! mptbase: ioc0: ERROR - Sending PortEnable failed(-1)! mptbase: WARNING - ioc0 did not initialize properly! (-4) mptsas: probe of 0000:86:01.0 failed with error -4 Obviously, the result is that the hard drives attached to this card do not show up when I try to set partitions and format. I have been trying to contact LSI Logic for over a week now, and they have been very reluctant to help. I figured that I should just ask the experts, and forget about the manufacturer. This does not appear at all to be an issue with Gentoo, but maybe there is a way to insert a newer driver and/or kernel into the boot cd. Oh, by the way, here is the output from lspci: 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 80:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8132 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12) 80:01.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8132 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 12) 80:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8132 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12) 80:02.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8132 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 12) 86:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS
This is not an Installer bug...
Is this a separate card or on-board? What machine is it? Sun? "White box"?
Please try the 2006.1 release media. It worked perfectly for me.
I'm guessing that this worked? If not, feel free to REOPEN.
