chances are that you click the harddisk optimization during install!
if you have that handy boot disk that the installation program asked you to
create boot from it and edit lilo.conf
remove the words "ide2=autotune ide3=autotune" the rerun lilo.
with any luck you can now boot normally without the hpt366 crash
I have an Abit BP6 and encountered the same
problem which never came up in 7.1.
On Monday 29 January 2001 11:01, you wrote:
> ----- 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
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