On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:45:26PM +0200, Rainer Fuegenstein wrote:

hi,

I don't seem to have any luck with this server :-(

configuration: intel atom D510 mainboard, promise SATA300 TX4
controller (4*SATA), 4 WD caviar green 1.5TB disks (sdb, sdc, sdd,
sde)

Hmm, on most newer mainboards there are 4 sata ports. For
better performance I would suggest you use that instead of a  separate
osata controller.

system on sda, connected to first onboard-SATA port

I would suggest you put a little (say 10 GB in total of your big disks)
for your system, in a raid setup - to provide against crashes.
Also put your swap on raid to prevent crashes if a single disk 
breaks down.

more on: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Preventing_against_a_failing_disk

best regards
keld