I am not sure on this but kernel 2.2.17 does not recognize ATA 100 controllers. You'll have to use a 2.4 kernel to get support for that. On Monday 20 November 2000 08:49, you wrote: > Okay, I spent yesterday jumping through hoops, and finally got things > to fit together so that they work not too badly. > > M/B: ASUS A7V/KT133 > Issue: Linux Mandrake Doesn't Undertand the Promise ATA/100 on the > M/B > > Here's the procedure I used: > > ***** NOTE: This procedure ASSUMES that you attach the disk to the > primary UATA/100 device > > 1) Disconnect the UATA/100 Win2K disk > 2) Attach the new disk to the IDE controller > {NOT the UATA 100 controller - there are 2 sets of disk > controller ports on the M/B) > 3) Drop the Mandrake 7.2 CD into the CD/R drive. > 4) Boot the system from CD > 5) Do a bare bones install of Mandrake {don't even bother with X) > 6) After the install is done, log in as root > 7) Execute the following command: % cat /proc/pci > 8) Somewhere in there, you will get a piece of output that has 5 hex > addresses listed. These should be the I/O range for the UATA/100 > controller. In my case the first two were 0x9000 and 0x8800. > 9) Record those numbers. > 10) Shut down > 11) Disconnect the drive from the IDE controller and hook it to the > UATA controller. > 12) Reconfigure the BIOS to boot from CD first rather than HDD. > 13) Boot the box up - when the first Mandrake screen comes up, press > 'F1' to get into the alternate boot screen. > 14) At the command prompt provided, type in 'linux > ide2=0xyyyyy,0xzzzzz' computing y and z as: high start address from > step 8, and z as the second start address + 2. On my box this turned > out to be ide2=0x9000,0x8802. 15) At this point, everything should > be happy, and you can go ahead with a full install. > 16) When you get to configuring GRUB, use the same numbers you used > in step 14. > > I haven't yet tried patching the kernel - that's next. But this was > enough to get moving forward. > > Glenn > > skidley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 17 Nov 2000, G Shaw wrote: > > I am attempting to install LM 7.2 on a "clean" system {e.g. raw, > > unformatted > > > disk} and seem to be encountering a nasty little problem related to > > the Promise Ultra ATA 100 controller on my system. > > > > System: > > > > M/B: ASUS A7V KT133 w/Promise UATA 100 controller > > CPU: 900 Mhz Athlon > > Memory: 256Mb > > > > Disk 20Gb Quantum (I think?) > > > > I know when I installed Win2K on a separate disk, I had to provide > > W2K with > > a > > > disk containing new drivers to that the W2K install could talk to > > the > > Promise > > > Ultra ATA 100 controller. > > > > Having searched through newsgroups and the Mandrake site, I have > > found > > several > > > other people claiming to have made this work, but no-one has ever > > clearly documented the procedure they used. > > > > If you have actually succeeded in installing LM 7.2 on an ASUS A7V > > using > > the > > > Ultra ATA 100 disk controller, could you please let me know what > > the > > procedure > > > was you used? > > > > Thx, > > > > Glenn > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > >_ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at > > http://home.netscape.com/webmail > > > > I haven't installed one but I am getting one and I have researched it > a bit and there is a way to do it although I've been told that 7.2 > has the kernel patch for the card. Here's a URL for the HowTo which > describes a little trick you may need to > do: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-5.html#ss5.2 You can > get the latest ide patch(if ya even need it) at > ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick . > -- > Chad Y. > Registered Linux User #195191 > Registered Linux Box #86749 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at > http://home.netscape.com/webmail -- Eddie Torress www.veloct.net