2009/9/19 Patrick Moelands <[log in to unmask]>: > 2009/9/18 Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>: >> The first alpha release for Scientific Linux 5.4 has been released for both >> i386 and x86_64. This release has most of the new updated packages from The >> Upstream Vendors Update 4. >> >> It will install, and it appears to work, but no major testing has been >> done. Another thing that came up where error messages with respect to a Promise sata controller I used on my test machine. After selecting language and keyboard, the system want to detect if there is a previous version of SL installed. The installer gives the following message: "/dev/mapper/pdc_bfgbdjjfhh: Device or address does not exist". I am presented with two options: cancel or retry. When I go for cancel, the installer moves on and gives almost instantly another message: "/tmp/mapper/pdc_bfgbdjjfhh: Device or address does not exist". Again, I chose cancel and then the installer continues without a problem. Configuration of the partitions does not give me another message and/or a problem. Installation goes flawless. lspci gives: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05) 00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) 00:02.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20319 (FastTrak S150 TX4) (rev 02) 00:03.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 00:03.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 00:03.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 00:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850 (rev 03) 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge (rev 4f) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller 01:04.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 05) 01:04.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 05) 01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08) 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 7a) 01:07.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced System Management Controller Regards, Patrick