The first thing I can suggest is set it to LBA and leave it there, Linux
doesn't like Normal or large. Leave UDMA active, although if it is UDMA 66
(I have no idea what UDMA 2 is, I've only seen UDMA 33 and UDMA 66), you may
have to go back through the mailing list archives to get some more info,
there was a thread some time ago, with some people having very bizarre
results with it. If it's UDMA 33, leave it. My Maxtor is fine with it.
I would check the partitioning info you're giving it, are you starting with
a completely blank drive, or a blank area of the drive? Are you sure it's
blank? I have seen a very strange occurence of Linux being installed onto a
DOS extended partition, it went on, but it wouldn't come back off. We had to
do a low level format to get rid of it, it even defeated Partition Magic!!
Apart from that, the IDE controller and the master/slave option is entirely
up to you, primary master is a good choice. And finally, have oyu used the
hard drive before, do you know it is OK? Try a Windows install or something
similar, just to prove it.
----- Original Message -----
From: ATL Oledog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 5:44 AM
Subject: [newbie] Linux and bios\harddrive settings
Does anyone know what the particuliars are if any for hard drives and
linux... I have purchased a new motherboard and have a 4.2gb Ultra DMA 2
Maxtor hard drive spec 8184cyl 16hd 63sec. I have set it up using Large,
LBA, and Normal bios settings. I have it jumpered to master. and it is on
the primary ide controller. i have tried disabling Ultra DMA 2 and set it
pio 2. on all of the settings the following happens first it hangs during
the initial boot up after installation at the part where mounts the hard
drive and says" this is not a linux native" and then it says "resetting
hard" and it continues to load as normal. The system will run fine but if
you do a shut down and halt, after the services are halted it produces a
bunch of messages speaking of kernel dumps and errors. I have also tried a
2gb hd and had the same results.
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