----- Original Message -----
From: "stuart simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 6:46 PM
Subject: hpt366 hinders boot, system crashes or freezes
> Hello there, I just recently installed mandrake 7.2, and it doesn't work
> if my onboard
> hpt366 pci card is active in the bios
>
> details
>
> abit be6-2 with hpt366 udma on board
> soundblaster live value
> matrox g400 dual head
>
> ide0 master: 20 gig quantum ( boot drive, with windowsME, win2k,
> mandrake 7.2
> ide0 slave: zip drive
>
> ide1 master plextor 8x cdrw
> ide1 slave panasonic dvd-cd rom
>
> udma ( hpt 366 )
>
> ide 2 30 gig udma66 quantum
> ide 3 3 gig udma 33 quantum
>
> all drives work ok in windows 2000, ME
>
> The computer boots, and detects everything in linux, but when it gets to
> the udma drives it stalls.
>
> if I deactivate the hpt 366, then the system boots okay. This is one
> workaround, but this means I can't use my bigger h/d with linux at all.
> I tried reading the udma mini howto, and I've tried passing the values
> into lilo via boot up, but this doesn't seem to help. Should this work?
>
> There are messages upon bootup that the IRQ for the hpt is unresovlable
> or something and it will check later . . . seems strange.
>
> could it be
>
> 1)the pnp settings in the bios?
> 2)an unfortunate irq problem?
> 3)???
>
> I don't see the crashing upon bootup mentioned anywhere in the howto
> files, so I am not sure what is causing this. I would understand it
> better if the drive wasn't recognized. but it seems to be recognized,
> only the system crashes after that.
>
> do I have to recompile the kernel for it to work? What would I have to
> activate to make it work properly?
>
> It seems that the hpt366 stuff is already active in the kernel, since
> the device is recognized and all . . ..
>
> Help!!
>
> any input would be appreciated.
>
> Stuart
>
