At the dell site, this Dimension XPS T-450 is listed in the Specs section as having:
Internally accessible ports: Primary EIDE 40-pin connector Secondary EIDE 40-pin connector Diskette drive 34-pin connector It says nothing anywhere about ATA. ?? I also looked up the kernel for 5.1 ... it says it's 2.0.34. Will that make it more compatible with my controllers? I guess I'll go ahead and finish the 8.1 install this evening and see if RH will install. If not, then I'll be back to the drawing board and trying your suggestions Charles. I appreciate both of yours assistance. I'd be whistling in the dark without it... (Charles, the reason I can't do the easy thing and use a newer ver is ... the deadended legacy app. won't work with anything newer than RH 5.1. It will work on Solaris 8 but we can't afford a SPARCstation.) dan
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