New slax 2.0 alpha1 available

[pichuerca]

If your 3114 controller has a RAID Bios you cant attach ATAPI devices to it; you can try to upload a IDE Bios ( www.siimage.com ) This should work then...

Thanks,

this is  the latest bios i found in the web page you gave me:


   SiI3114 IDE, SATARAID5 and system BIOS
   5.3.14  3/24/2006  93 KB
   This download includes IDE, SATARAID5, and system BIOS. The r####.bin file is the SATARAID5 BIOS and the b####.bin is the    IDE BIOS. The ####.bin is an abbreviated BIOS intended for integration into system BIOS. Do NOT flash system BIOS into an add-in card BIOS. Use the included IDE BIOS with with the latest driver(s): SiI3x14 1.2.0.5 IDE Windows driver. SATARAID5 BIOS supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10. Use the included SATARAID5 BIOS with the latest RAID driver(s): SiI3114 1.3.4.0 SATARAID5 Windows driver. Use the included system BIOS with the latest SATARAID5 Tool.

Do I have to install only the IDE bIOS that it´s in Black font?? The three of them?? With that you think is it ok? What version of Slax Linux i should try first?

Bye

[probutus]

you should try the b###.bin file since then you should be able to talk to ATAPI (=CD/DVD) Drives. Hopefully you have a flashable bios (my PCMCIA 3112 doesnt  )

[probutus]

The new slax2.0 alpha 1 now also supports generic SATA devices; I have received logfiles from the procedure and saw that if you connect the Hitatchi via USB the same identification procedure is done like sata devices;

If there is someone out with a usb-sata adapter and a hitachi drive can you please test the following:

1) connect the Hitachi through USB to the PC
2) boot slax without any special options (e.g. with out the fix_inq* stuff)
3) Assumption: The drive should now be automatically recognized and switched to modeb!

-> This would mean that we dont need the separate modeb command anymore on the livecd!

[sentinel0]

if know once else has already tried it by the time i get off tonight i'll give it a whirl and post the results will i need to edit anything to get the live cd to see my sata to usb adapter my knowledge of how to do such a task is next to nill

edit: My sata to usb adapter is very cheap like the cheapest one i could find on ebay.

[probutus]

edit: My sata to usb adapter is very cheap like the cheapest one i could find on ebay.

hehe, mine too;
I would have tried myself but I dont get the drive out of my box anymore... (its a long and sad story...)

[automan]

Great work probutus...i tested the new slax with my via 8251 and it works like a charm now :-)
it didn't with the old slax...

[probutus]

Thanks!

I have created a minislax bootdisk (=1.44MB) which should do the same like the bootcd; when the kernel is booted it panics since it cant find a rootfilesystem; thats ok since the hitachi should already be in modeb then; so all you have to do is push the reset button..

It supports

1)Hitachi drive connected via sata->pata converter
2)Hitachi connected via USB
3)Hitachi native sata connection (like the cd)

Can you please test it and give feedback? I could not test it for above mentioned reasons...

EDIT: you can use rawrite to transfer the image to a floppy or put it on a CD in the bootsector..
Question: Is it possible to incorporate this bootimage into the samsung enable0800 bootcd? so we could have one disc for all supported drives...

http://rapidshare.de/files/36237428/mini_slax20_alpha1.img.html

[kathiley]

big thx probutus!!!! 

just wanted to confirm that this new slax cd ist working on nForce4 chipset

modeb on hitachi 59DJ (April06) with DFI nF4 Ultra

[Weeb]

Worked great with my ALi M5281 (Hitachi 59)

Thx alot

[probutus]

Has someone already tried the minislax floppy? I can not test it myself since I cant get my drive out anymore... (some VERY bad thing happened to my shell...)

[Weeb]

I'll try it as soon as i get my next Hitachi box in

Oh and i've put up a mirror
http://FTP://weeb.ath.cx:21

it currently only contains Slax 2.0 Alpha and minislax images
(by Probutus)

[probutus]

I added the gdfs-0.5.tar.bz2 xbox360/xbox1 filesystem driver for linux and the source changes for slax2.0alpha1

since rapid$#!+.de deleted the package

MANY THANKS GO TO WEEB FOR THE WEBSPACE 

[dme]

could someone plz tell me where/what to look for in the booting messages?

my sata hdd and ata hdds/cdroms are listed. but no hitachi

via 8237a on asrock 775 dual vsta

started xbox started pc...the delay when detecting connected drives takes a lot longer but booting continues...slax boots...reboot...winxp boots...no drive
opening the tray does not speed up the detection process.

any suggestions are welcome...thnx in advance

[perma]

I have exactly the same problem as dme. 

And I also have Asrock 775dual-vsta + Hitachi..

[probutus]

please try the following (with no sata-hdd connected):

1) boot slax and login with username root password toor
2) plugin a formatted usb stick and type the following

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
cp /var/log/messages /mnt
dmesg > /mnt/dmesg.txt
umount /mnt

3) then reset the pc and reboot to windows; there should be 2 new files on your usb stick (messages and dmesg.txt); can you please pm me that stuff? I will have a look...

if you get an error with "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt" please try "mount /dev/sda /mnt" instead

[linflas]

Thanks so very much probutus, had a 47dj drive that was giving me headaches trying to get into modeb, your floppy did the trick first go

Only issue I had was a windows one where the drive was listed as generic cd/dvd drive, work fine with the maximus garyopa pakage though, flashed first try

Thanks to everyone, once again, just a little reading goes a long way, have been reading all of you guys hard work since early in the 360, do not post often at all as my technical knowledge is extremely limited, but felt like I should say thanks, and you asked for verification of it working.

I used these controllers, flashed once on each, to make sure they both worked, I use the intel for samsung, left in raid setting in the bios (do not use native, it does not work for me, just when left in raid) the other I have been using for hitachi.


Name   VIA VT6421 RAID Controller
Manufacturer   VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\4&CF81C54&0&00F0
I/O Port   0x00009C00-0x00009C0F
I/O Port   0x00009880-0x0000988F
I/O Port   0x00009800-0x0000980F
I/O Port   0x00009480-0x0000948F
I/O Port   0x00009400-0x0000941F
I/O Port   0x00009000-0x000090FF
IRQ Channel   IRQ 21
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.2600.530, 98.63 KB (100,992 bytes), 10/14/2006 8:09 AM)
   
Name   Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller
Manufacturer   Intel
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&SUBSYS_26041043&REV_01\3&11583659&0&FA
I/O Port   0x0000E400-0x0000E407
I/O Port   0x0000E080-0x0000E083
I/O Port   0x0000E000-0x0000E007
I/O Port   0x0000DC00-0x0000DC03
I/O Port   0x0000D880-0x0000D88F
Memory Address   0xFEBFF800-0xFEBFFBFF
IRQ Channel   IRQ 23
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\iastor.sys (5.5.0.1035, 853.75 KB (874,240 bytes), 10/9/2006 9:23 AM)

Thanks again everyone

[tangents]

Sorry to bump this, but was it confirmed that the USB sata adapter works with slacks? I know people said they were going to try it, but no one posted their results

[probutus]

I tested the usb support with my no-name cheapo usb->sata adapter and it worked like a treat; however if you encounter problems you have to type on the slax boot prompt:

linux fix_inq_vendor_id=<Vendor id of your usb_sata adapter> fix_inq_prod_id=<product id of your sata adapter>

If the method works depends on the behaviour of the sata adapter (if it forwards the inquiry data without any modification you should not need to apply the fix_inq* parameter)