On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 07:50:03PM -0700, Yifan Yu wrote:
> Is there a way to find out what address I should use? Also, when I tried
> the boot option, it says ide2 is an invalid option.
Do you already have Linux installed on this machine? You can find
information about the controller in /proc/pci.
If not, you _might_ be able to find the info in the Windows device manager
under the resources tab.
Mine also said that "ide2..." was an invalid option, but continued with the
install (and did see the drive) despite the warning.
> And here a little more information on the controller:
>
> Manufacturer: Promise Technology, Inc.
> Model number: Ultra66
> Controller type: Bus master Ultra ATA/66 drive controller
> Board controller type: PCI
>
> - Yifan
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
>
> > Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive.
> > > >
> > > > I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card.
> > > > Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is
> > > > not supported yet?
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
> > >
> > > You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because
> > > the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom
> > > drives.
> > >
> > > at the boot prompt enter
> > > linux ide2=0xd800
> > > or
> > > linux ide2=0xa800
> > >
> > > (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking
> > > looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the
> > > HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ )
> >
> > Be careful on those addresses! Those don't match what I've got here...
> >
> > I've got ide2=0xd800,0xdc02,11
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > Network Administrator
> > Advance Packaging Corporation
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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Steve Philp
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