Description of problem: I just installed FC2 on a brand new athlon system with a promise TX2plus controller. Here are the actual system specs: http://aslab.com/products/workstations/marquisk118_spec.html The install was unreliable --- it locked up the first few times through, before eventually succeeding. Once I did succeed, the system would freeze up during large rsync runs, putting the message ata1 dma timeout on to the console, and not putting anything relevant into the log. How reproducible: Completely. Most installs would cause the freeze, and copying large amounts of data via rsync would do it pretty reliable.
I am have a client who is running a Opteron system with a promises controller that is having similar lockups. Each time it says ata2: dma timeout and locks.
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