[OT]Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-08 Thread CH
[OFF TOPIC] Check out www.tomshardware.com and see how you can convert your Promise Ultra66 into Promise Fastrack RAID controller cheap! CH Michael McLeod wrote: > Well, I printed and studied the ULTRA66 HOWTO, tried what it said but it didn't > work. I couldn't pass anything to the kernel th

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-07 Thread Michael McLeod
Well, I printed and studied the ULTRA66 HOWTO, tried what it said but it didn't work. I couldn't pass anything to the kernel that would work. can you offer any other help? Michael Michael McLeod wrote: > Dear Timothy, > Please pardon me for being a little timid and slow with Linux as I AM a Ne

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-07 Thread Michael McLeod
Dear Timothy, Please pardon me for being a little timid and slow with Linux as I AM a Newbie. I did do some reading of the "HOW TO" and get the drift of passing the kernel parameters. As I grasp it I should use the 6.2 install disk and at the appropriate time pass the Parameters. Then do the ker

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-07 Thread Timothy Reaves
Michael McLeod wrote: > Dear Timothy, > I tried removing the card but the Kernel could not boot completely. I want > to remove it so I can upgrade to RH 6.2. Promise does not have an install > disk or boot.img for 6.2. So the only way to upgrade is remove the card. > The card works fine, howev

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-06 Thread Michael McLeod
Dear Timothy, I tried removing the card but the Kernel could not boot completely. I want to remove it so I can upgrade to RH 6.2. Promise does not have an install disk or boot.img for 6.2. So the only way to upgrade is remove the card. The card works fine, however, without it I can't see any ex

RE: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-06 Thread Jeff Graves
I think this is going to be harder than it looks. It depends on how you have it set up. I believe that if you used the Promise specialized boot disk to install 6.0 then you're going to have to make a new initrd image. If you just used the script i think you can remove it by unmounting drives and r

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-07-06 Thread Timothy Reaves
Michael McLeod wrote: > Does anyone know how to remove the Promise Ultra 66 drivers so my RH6.0 > will work without the card? > Michael > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. You simply remove the card. As long as the kernel has other IDE SCSI s

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-04-24 Thread Timothy Reaves
Well, yes and no. I got it up and running, got the kernel patched, but would have all kinds of HD errors. Yesterday the HD failed completely. I'm hoping this is coincidence. I'm trying a second disk now. "Frank C. Brants" wrote: > At 02:24 PM 03/27/2000 , you wrote: > > Tim, > > Did you

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-04-24 Thread Frank C. Brants
At 02:24 PM 03/27/2000 , you wrote: Tim, Did you ever get this working? Did you see this? http://www.promise.com/latest/latedrivers.htm Franko > There has been a lot about this card lately, and I thought I'd >figured it out. Nope. > > I have the promise with a WD 30 gig drive on its