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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
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Subject: Re: 5.4 Installer + Promise FT100TX2 = Loader crash
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Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> 
> I find even disconnecting the drives so no RAID is detected works - ie it's 
> not the presence of the card per se that is a problem.
> 

Good test - I had not tried that.

In addition, I can confirm your observation that merely deleting the 
array makes the loader work reliably again.

Cheers

Mark