Thx, this driver runs.

But i've got another problem:

I have the Epox 4G4A+ Mainboard, the HPT372 controls two HDD's in RAID1. The CDROM is connected to IDE2 Master. I can boot from the SuSE CD. But then the manual installation starts. Here I can load the hpt-module. But i have got no CD-ROM-Drives. I think that there is no module loaded for my "normal" IDE-Interface. The Mainboard has git an Intel 845G Chipset. Where do I get the driver?

Or do I think wrong way?

Olli

In my opinion is IDE a standard and no chipproducer would change it for a bit performance ...
Linux should be able to handle your CD-Rom, it could be a bug.
Try to connect your CD-Rom to IDE1-Master ...

Actually I also have one of the new 4G4A+ boards; great board, but the root of this situation is the HPT372 controller. I have a similar problem to you, the only current fix seems to be going to http://www.highpoint-tech.com and getting their drivers for their controller integrated on your mobo.

I'm not sure yet if they have a version for SuSe 8.0, but they do for the Red Hat series. Only thing is, I'm stuck right now because I get this "unary operator" message, after using the HPT372 drivers for the Red Hat 7.3 installation that I've attempted. weird. RH7.2 installed fine with the drivers. Maybe it works fine for others with 7.3, I dunno.

The only other solution may be getting one of the near-future distributions with the near-future 2.4.19 kernel, which has the HPT 370/372/374 series integrated within it.

Frustrating, to an extent, but I got my hands on WinXP, so I've been playin' arond with that. But I'd much rather be using Linux; and will again, soon, I'm 100% positive.

In addition, you could switch your CD-ROM (and all peripherals) to run off the 4G4A+'s blue (regular IDE) controller ports, and everything should work fine. As I could also, but I choose to hold off for the moment.

a driver for SuSE 8.0 is available at http://go.to/skrid (last time that I repeat this)

Just wanted to let you all know that Debian 3.0 (woody) has got native support for raid0 on a hpt370. No modules, no tweaking, the installation does all the work for you.

Another good thing is that you'll be using a totally free distro, without any M$-tendencies *cough*suse*cough*

You're right!
Debian is great! the only thing is, I've bought SuSE already ...
Have a lot of fun )

I had the same problem. My CD-Rom Burner was not working until i change :
/etc/sysconfig/kernel

it was :

#
# This variable contains the list of modules to be added to the initial
# ramdisk by calling the script "mk_initrd"
# (like drivers for scsi-controllers, for lvm or reiserfs)
#
INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs hptraid"

and i changed it to:

#
# This variable contains the list of modules to be added to the initial
# ramdisk by calling the script "mk_initrd"
# (like drivers for scsi-controllers, for lvm or reiserfs)
#
INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs hptraid ide-scsi"

Now everything works perfectly!
Don't forget to make: mkinitrd and lilo after you made your changes.

Hi folks,

I've also had problems installing suse linux 8.0 on a system with a pht372 controller ...

My system always hung up after starting the installation during the partition check of one of my raid disks ...

I've found a web-page describing how to build (make) the open-source hpt37x2 module and how to load it during installation ...

basically i followed the steps described there
(http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/hmeyer_hpt37x.html)


With two additional steps I had to take:

1) at the prompt where you select the installation type (Installation, Installation ACPI, Manual Installation, ...) I had to add the kernel-parameters to stop probing my raid0 disks (hdf and hdh):
linux hdf=noprobe hdh=noprobe

2) after installation I had to add the same kernel-parameters to LILO (edit /etc/lilo.conf):

append="hdf=noprobe hdh=noprobe"

and start lilo


I hope this is of help to you,

good Luck,

Hari

P.S. I don't have a homepage where you could download the compiled hpt37x2 driver, but I could send it via e-mail (if there are not too many requests ...)

not a bit much to do for newbies???

howdy. at first:

ok, I want to install SUSE 8.1 on my hpt372 controller (epox 8k9a2+). I hear Suse 8.1 has the new 2.4.19 kernel, so it should have native support, shouldn't it?

Attempting to install SuSE Linux 8.1 under a Highpoint HP374 controller on an Abit AT7 Max mobo. I get an error saying "No hard disks found" and so installation cant continue. Has anyone resolved this problem. I have downloaded drivers from the highpoint site but they dont seem to work when loading the kernel modules. Can anyone help?