--- Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, Marc Olivier Chouinard wrote:
> > Im trying to install Mandrake 7.2 Beta 3 on an
> 10gig HD using an ATA-66
> > Promise Addon Card
> >
> > And it froze at the detection of the harddisk,
> after trying to detect an few
> > controler and my CDROM, it just jam
>
> This is an ongoing problem - I wish someone at
> Mandrake would fix it - see
> this...
>
>
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> On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Matthew R. Sprague wrote:
> > howdy folks
> >
> > I just installed cooker on a udma66 hard
> drive controlled by a promise
> > ultra66 pci controller card. It installs without
> any hitches but upon booting
> > with lilo it gets to
> > Partition check
> > hda: hda1 hda2
> > hde:
> > At this point the computer freezes and the
> keyboard won't respond. I can only
> > hit he reset switch to reboot. I re-installed 7.1
> which works without any
> > glitches. What do I need to do here?
>
> I had this too. It is something stupid with the
> 2.2-17 kernels. I went
> back to using the 2.2-16 kernel and the Promise
> works fine. 2.2-15 and
> 2.3-99 work too.
>
>
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> On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, Anthony Cheng wrote:
> > I have a hard disk of 20GB attached to promise
> UDMA 66 card. The first 12GB
> > are used by win 98. I am able to install 7.2beta
> in the remaining space.
> > However, 7.2beta hangs on the partition check.
> >
> > Do anyone know how to solve it??
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Anthony
>
> Read
> /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/mini/Ultra-DMA.html.
> What you need to
> do is to see what IO addresses Mandrake writes in
> lilo.conf for your
> second tertiary and quaternary disks and add two to
> each.
>
> It works fine on my box with kernel 2.2.17-0.24mdk.
> You ought to be
> able to install OK - the hang on partition check
> occurs when you reboot,
> so be sure to make a boot floppy with rescue when
> you install, then fix
> /etc/lilo.conf from rescue.
>
> Good luck.
None of the 2.2.17 kernels up to -13mdk have gone past
the partition check on my box ... 2.2.16's & 2.4.0's
work fine; however, I reordered the ide controllers
such that the promise is ide0 & ide1 and the mobo is
ide2 & ide3.
This is the entry in my lilo.conf:
---------
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
append = "nohdparm ide0=0xfff0,0xffe6
ide1=0xffa8,0xffe2"
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
---------
And here is my pci info:
---------
[root@fulgore:~]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82441FX Natoma (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Bus 0, device 7,
function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xff90
[0xff91].
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Unknown mass storage controller: Promise
Technology IDE UltraDMA/66 (rev 1). Medium
devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xfff0 [0xfff1].
I/O at 0xffe4 [0xffe5].
I/O at 0xffa8 [0xffa9].
I/O at 0xffe0 [0xffe1].
I/O at 0xfe80 [0xfe81].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xffba0000
[0xffba0000].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850 (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ
10. Master Capable. Latency=40. Min Gnt=4.Max
Lat=4.
I/O at 0xf800 [0xf801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xffbef000
[0xffbef000].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Unknown device
(rev 1).
Vendor id=121a. Device id=5.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ
11.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa000000
[0xfa000000].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000
[0xf8000008].
I/O at 0xfc00 [0xfc01].
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905 100bTX (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
Latency=32. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xff00 [0xff01].
[root@fulgore:~]#
--------
I have tried 2.2.17's with and without the +2
addresses, with no luck. That, and the fact that
2.2.16 and 2.4.0 both work with the +2 addr leads me
to beleive the problems is some where else.
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Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
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