[gentoo-user] Install hangs while "Scanning for ata_piix"

[gentoo-user] Install hangs while "Scanning for ata_piix"

[Güray Sen]

Hi there,

Trying to re-install Gentoo with the following drive config:
1 IDE 120GB HD on primary IDE channel as master
2 IDE CDROM drive on secondary IDE channel as master
3 S-ATA 160GB HD on first S-ATA channel
4 S-ATA 160GB HD on second S-ATA channel

I want to install Gentoo on both S-ATA disks and use the IDE disk as a 
backup device (it already contains a backup so it may not be touched 
during installation).

Made sure the BIOS recognised all drives and booted up the 2005.1 
LiveCD. After the entering gentoo at the boot: prompt, the installation 
just hangs at
 >> Loading modules
:: Scanning for ata_piix

I also tried boot: gentoo doscsi, but to no avail.

FWIW, this is on a A-Open AX4SG motherboard.

Does anyone know how to get past the Scanning for ata_piix?
Many thanks

ps: If I specify boot: gentoo noload=ata_piix, setup continues but later 
hangs after
* Coldplugging PCI devices ...
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Re: [gentoo-user] Install hangs while "Scanning for ata_piix"

[Güray Sen]

Installed another motherboard (Asus p4P800SE) and this works fine IF I 
set these options in the BIOS under IDE config:

Onboard PCI IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]
Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]
Configure S-ATA as RAID [No]

Changing Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA] to Enhanced Mode Support On 
[P-ATA+S-ATA] would give the same errors as in my first post.

Note that with the above BIOS settings, the BIOS does not recognize my 
P-ATA IDE drive (strangely enough it does recognise the CDROM drive), 
but the gentoo install does (so not a big deal really).

Güray Sen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Trying to re-install Gentoo with the following drive config:
> 1 IDE 120GB HD on primary IDE channel as master
> 2 IDE CDROM drive on secondary IDE channel as master
> 3 S-ATA 160GB HD on first S-ATA channel
> 4 S-ATA 160GB HD on second S-ATA channel
> 
> I want to install Gentoo on both S-ATA disks and use the IDE disk as a 
> backup device (it already contains a backup so it may not be touched 
> during installation).
> 
> Made sure the BIOS recognised all drives and booted up the 2005.1 
> LiveCD. After the entering gentoo at the boot: prompt, the installation 
> just hangs at
>  >> Loading modules
> :: Scanning for ata_piix
> 
> I also tried boot: gentoo doscsi, but to no avail.
> 
> FWIW, this is on a A-Open AX4SG motherboard.
> 
> Does anyone know how to get past the Scanning for ata_piix?
> Many thanks
> 
> ps: If I specify boot: gentoo noload=ata_piix, setup continues but later 
> hangs after
> * Coldplugging PCI devices ...
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