The 2.2.17 kernel will work with a Promise Ultra ATA 100 pci card,most
likely not the onboard controller :(
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Torres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 and Promise UATA 100 Controllers]
> 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
> > >
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> >
> > 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 .
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> >
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