On Thursday 18 January 2001 19:36, you wrote:
> you've got an A7v? Promise 100 controller? the mandrake 7.2 installer
> down't recognize that controller correctly at boot time. You have to
> pass the loader a command to get it to work. I can't remember the hack
> though ;-( Try looking at http://www.mandrakeforum.com for it. You
> could also search the archives for this list.
>
>
>
> Abe
Sheesh if it is an A7V it should be
linux ide2=0x9000 0x8802
I'm embarrassed I didn't recognize it earlier
Civileme
>
> Micha³ POZARZYCKI wrote:
> > Hi everybody!
> >
> > I've got a problem with Mandrake 7.2 installation. All goes well
> > until the programme asks me for existing SCSII driver. Recording
> > to the manual of my motherbard (ASUS VIA 761 Chipset) there is a
> > driver Promise. There is no such a driver in the list I have to
> > choose from. Anyway I try to say
> > no SCSII device and then the programme say there is no valid
> > device where the file system can be placed, check for hardware
> > error. My hard disk is
> > Seagate Barracuda IDE 30,8GB, so I assume that thye error is not
> > connected
> > with possible SCSII device error that I probably do. An
> > additional information is that my BIOS doesn't detect hard disk,
> > the field Primery Master say None when booting. Also in the Bios
> > Setup when I choose autodetect Primery Master the Bios doesn't
> > recognize any data (like PIO level or UDMA level). When I set
> > Secondary Master autodetect it chooses CD-recorder and gets the
> > information on PIO or UDMA.
> > Sorry if I haven't included enough information - I'm not to good
> > at it. I am very determined to install Linux on my desktop, but
> > can't deal with that stuff. If it helps the windows 98 goes
> > almost well and it recognizes all my three partitions of the
> > drive, which have been made by firm I bought the computer from
> > (thay used Partition Magic or some stuff that sounds similiar,
> > made three partitions 10GB each, and the partitions are in the
> > format compatibile with DOS or smth.)
> >
> > Appreciate any comment
> >
> > michal
