Check out the following URL:
http://users.nf/linux/ultra66.htm
BE sure to check out the "addenda" also. The addenda outlines the specific
steps I used to install Linux onto a drive connected to my PCI Promise
Ultra66 IDE controller card.
I don't have dual processors and I don't know if that complicates matters
any. I wish I could be help on that issue.
HTH,
Matt
>From: Tom Berkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [expert] UDMA 66
>Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:43:26 -0800
>
>I just installed an ibm model 34gxp 20GB hard drive on my dual celeron
>box using the HPT366 udma 66 controller on my abit bp6 motherboard.
>After checking the hpt366 setup, I made a stab at installing mandrake
>7.0 on it. During the install, man70 says that the udma66 is not
>completely compatible with linux and would I like to make a boot floppy
>to install with it. I did that, rebooted with the new install floppy but
>it was a no joy - system locked during install. The stock 7.0 install
>would not recognize the presence of the new drive either.
>
>Then I booted to the 2.3.51 smp kernel that I have working and it
>recognized the drive and allowed me to partition and format it. When I
>attempted to run hdparm on the drive I got the following error:
>
>with the -i option I got a dump of the drive data followed by this
>message:
>
>could not allocate sharedmem buf: invalid argument
>
>with the -tT options I got the same error message twice.
>
>Tried the same thing with my redhat development system booting to a
>2.3.99-pre1 kernel and got exactly the same results.
>
>Any insights?
>
>Tom
>
>PS
> Have to go celebrate the life of my aunt who past away this week. She
>was over a hundred when she tossed the towel. I'll be back after we've
>done her justice.
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