Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
Still having trouble with the drive. I don't have a install disk, I have a CD burned with the ISO image. I do remember reading somewhere about that the 2.2.x kernels still don't support ATA66 controllers yet, it's being worked on in 2.3, so won't come out till 2.4 or something like that? I mean, the kernel is probably detecting the EIDE controller that's on the motherboard which does not have any HD plugged into it. There's only one drive plugged into a Promise Tech ATA66 controller which is a PCI card. Any comments, suggestions? - Yifan On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 07:50:03PM -0700, Yifan Yu wrote: Is there a way to find out what address I should use? Also, when I tried the boot option, it says ide2 is an invalid option. Do you already have Linux installed on this machine? You can find information about the controller in /proc/pci. If not, you _might_ be able to find the info in the Windows device manager under the resources tab. Mine also said that "ide2..." was an invalid option, but continued with the install (and did see the drive) despite the warning. [snip] Load your install disk, change to tty2 then 'cat /proc/pci' You will need the first i/o address for both ide2 and ide3.
Re: [newbie] Ultra66 IDE Controller card for Linux?
I do know for a fact that the Mandrake 6.1 will not be able to detect your Promise Ultra66 controller(PCI card). That is what I have, and Linux thinks that I have no hard drives. On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Collin J. Davidson wrote: The Promise Ultra66 IDE controller is nice. I can definately tell a difference when I'm running Win98. As for running it under Linux, that is a different question. I would definately recommend reading the Ultra-DMA How To before you buy the card. Here is a link. http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html I'm still fairly new to Linux, so I still don't have things setup quite right. I've also seen references to a beta driver provided by Promise on thier web page. Supposedly, it only works with certain kernal versions. I can't really say how well it performs. Good luck. - Original Message - From: M Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:54 PM Subject: [newbie] Ultra66 IDE Controller card for Linux? I would like to purchase a Promise Ultra66 IDE controller and a Quantum Ultra ATA/66 harddisk. Is anyone currently running an Ultra66 IDE controller with Linux? Does Linux support this card well? How do you like the Ultra66 IDE controller? Where do you go to get support on running this controller under the Linux OS? Thanks for comments and suggestions, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Kernel version
Can someone tell me what version is the kernel that comes with Mandrake 6.1? - Yifan
[newbie] Harddrive problem
Hi, when I tried to install Mandrake 6.1, it cannot detect any harddrive. I have a 27.3 GB Ultra ATA with ATA 66 controller card. Is this problem due to this type of HD being to new or something and is not supported yet? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
