I checked console 3 and you were right. I found the following:
"HPT|Ultra66: found ide2=0xd400,0xd800 ide3=0xdc00,0xe000"
but the problem is that I still don't have any filesystems recognized in the
"setup filesystems" step. How do I get it to see my /dev/hde ? In other
words, what do I do now?
Krishna
----- Original Message -----
From: Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] UDMA-66 for Mandrake 7.1Beta Installation
> "Krishna Donepudi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > This is my first post. Anyway, I downloaded and burned the Mandrake
7.1Beta
> > ISO yesterday. But I was not able to install because I have a Promise
> > Ultra66 UDMA card in my system. The announcement for 7.1Beta mentioned
> > UDMA66 support. What exactly is this support? Is this only for the
actual
> > UDMA66 transfers or does this also apply to auto-detecting UDMA cards?
>
> in fact, what is wanted is enabling to use hd[e-h] drives. Not really udma
> support.
>
> could you look at the log on console 3.
> you should see "HPT|Ultra66: found ide2=..."
>
> > I believe the first two are for the primary port (ide2) and the second
two
> > are for secondary (ide3). My HD is hooked up to ide2. I have tried
various
> > kernel parameters such as ide2=0xd400,0xd802 without success.
>
> ide is in module. If you want to try it by hand, switch to console 2 and
try:
>
> modprobe ide-mod 'options="ide2=0xd400,0xd802"'
>
>
> please tell more! thanks, Pixel.
>
