On 2008-09-16, shogun@shogunate.com.au hit the keyboard and wrote:
> I am using ubuntu 8.04 with the latest updates.
>
> Has any body managed to make the hpt366 module work and make the card
> usable. With just the card inserted into the pci slot the machine will
> boot. If I attach a drive to the card the machine locks up during the boot
> process. I have tried google and found many messages on the problem
> but no answers. The card and drive work ok in FC6


Hello :-)

I'm using such a card since 2000 or 2001.
It is the 370.

02:08.0 Mass storage controller: HighPoint Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372/372N (rev 04)

pata_hpt366 11776 0
hpt366 17664 0 [permanent]
ide_core 127152 2 ide_disk,hpt366
libata 178992 4 pata_acpi,pata_hpt366,pata_amd,ata_generic

I used to be able to boot from it ( I didn't use the Raid
with it) but not any more (this is not such a problem) Now
when you boot the PC with the card in place do you get a
separate BIOS for the card? Ctrl+H will (at least here) get
you into the bios for the card and then you can set it.

Also my OS is connected on a IDE-cable /dev/sda because as I
said I can't boot from the card. You could try this also,
hook up a HDD to the IDE and see what will happen here.

At this time I have 4 disks connected to it here with no
other problems.

Don't know if I can be of any more help, but lets see how
the above goes... Maybe just the BIOS IS wrong (the one for
the card?)


>
> Hope somebody has answers many thanks
>
> Shogun
>
>



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