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] Harddrive problem
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: 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 Yeah same as the first time i said it ;) just tell linux there are 3rd, and 4th ide chains and off ya go. Ata66 is supposed tobe fully backward compliant, so it will pick them up as normal ide. 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. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, you wrote: 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? I'd suggest going to the archives and searching for ide3. Good luck! John
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
How? On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: just tell linux there are 3rd, and 4th ide chains and off ya go. Ata66 is supposed tobe fully backward compliant, so it will pick them up as normal ide. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
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. And here a little more information on the controller: Manufacturer: Promise Technology, Inc. Model number: Ultra66 Controller type: Bus master Ultra ATA/66 drive controller Board controller type: PCI - Yifan On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: 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. You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom drives. at the boot prompt enter linux ide2=0xd800 or linux ide2=0xa800 (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ ) Be careful on those addresses! Those don't match what I've got here... I've got ide2=0xd800,0xdc02,11 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
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] Harddrive problem
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: 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. You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom drives. at the boot prompt enter linux ide2=0xd800 or linux ide2=0xa800 (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ ) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Yifan Yu wrote: 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. You need to tell the kernel the is a 3rd and 4th ide controller, because the ide patches were not applyed they were causeing problems with cdrom drives. at the boot prompt enter linux ide2=0xd800 or linux ide2=0xa800 (sorry i thought these were generaly the same, but i've done some checking looking for what i thought was the address for a chip other than the HPT366, but it was the same card with several different addresses :/ ) Be careful on those addresses! Those don't match what I've got here... I've got ide2=0xd800,0xdc02,11 -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
