The promise is disabled in the BIOS, but I don't think this makes a difference. Before using brokenmodules=sata_promise, I tried to install with the promise disabled, but the kernel detects it anyway and tries to load the driver, which then breaks the install.
My mainboard is the K8T800 Neo2, MSI model 6702E, which has two sata controllers, the Promise and one in the via8237 southbridge. Since I don't have any disks attached to the promise, I could use brokenmodules=sata_promise, then install onto sda/sdb, which are on the other sata controller.
Thank you very much for your help, I managed to get openSUSE 10.2 installed on my system. Sad thing is, while I coud run suse 10.1 with the harddisk in SATA2 mode through the promise sata-controller I have to force SATA1 mode now because the via sata-controller does not support SATA2. Thanks Bruno -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org