Thanks for the info civileme.
If the problem is that the kernel has been patch to include udma100 and this
causes the problem I have been having, is their a fix????? I would love to
get Mandrake working again.
just for info I have the following configuration:-
ide0 udma33 IBM6.4GB Master
hda1 /
hda2 swap
hda3 /winbackup
ide1 DVD /cdrom Master
CDRW /cdrom1 Slave
ide2 udma66 Quantum KA9 cable select end of cable1of ultra66 controller
hde1 C: win98
hde5 swap
hde6 /backup
ide3 udma66 Quantum CR13 cable select middle of cable1of ultra66 controller
hdf2 /oldhome
hdf3 E:winbackup
hdf5 F:windata
hdf6 G:diskcopy
cdrom Master end connector of cable2 of ultra66 controller
scsi IBM 2.2GB
sda1 swap
sda2 /home
Thanks for any input or advice
Paul
On Friday 05 January 2001 7:41, you wrote:
> On Thursday 04 January 2001 20:44, you wrote:
> > Paul Stear wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Something seriously changed from 7.1 to 7.2 and I have not had any
> > > solution to my problem.
> > > The install of 7.1 went without a hitch and all was well in the
> > > Mandrake world and I was very pleased with the distribution. However,
> > > trying an upgrade caused problems, then a complete new install of 7.2
> > > could not be achieved due to the install system stopping after the
> > > detection of hda. I have followed all advice from this list and on the
> > > Mandrake sight but to no avail.
> > > I am now running redhat 7.0 which at least installed OK and I have kde2
> > > running well.
> > >
> > > I still prefer the Mandrake system and would love to be able to install
> > > it again. It will install if I remove my promise ultra66 card and hard
> > > disks. - Note - Mandrake 7.1 recognised this card and would allow me to
> > > use the disks.
> > > The redhat 7.0 system did install but didn't recognise the ultra66 card
> > > on installation but I was able to add the two extra hard disks after
> > > installation. This is not ideal because because my hda disk is slower
> > > than my hde or hdf.
> >
> > This is the Promise Ultra 66 card? Hmmm... not going to be of much help
> > to know this but I have this card and the 7.2 install recognized it fine.
> > Is there any chance you have some type of interrupt conflict going on
> > there?
> >
> > Holly
>
> Nope. We patch the kernel for ATA/66 and ATA/100 support. As a result,
> some out of spec disk drives have trouble with us and run fine on RH. Or
> run fine on 7.1 (patched for ATA/66) and have write errors on 7.2 (Patched
> for ATA/100). We will fail on recognizing one of two card controllers if
> the user has that configuration (6 ide channels for up to 12 drives).
> Don't laugh; someone wrote to us with that very configuration.
>
>
> Only 4 ide channels are probed on setup -- other channels (up to a total
> of 6) can be recognized later by specific configuration but will not be
> recognized on boot. modprobe -c will show you why. So we cannot install
> to drive i, j, k, or l unless it is SCSI.
>
> Civileme
