Re: Ultra ATA Hard Drives
Yes, it is possible, but not without some work. If you want to use a
stable kernel, you need to rebuild a 2.0.33 kernel with the promise_ide
patch in order to recognize the promise ultra ide card. Patch can be
found at http://www.huwig.de/linux/mama/20-newdriver.html. But even then,
only DMA mode is supported. For built-in promise IDE and UDMA support, use
a developmental kernel such as 2.1.90.
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, John Paul Lorenti wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian on a friend's computer. She has a Gateway
> G6-233 with a Promise Ultra ATA harddrive controller card and a Western
> Digital Caviar UATA-IDE 4GB . The installer doesn't pick up the hard
> drive at all if it is connected to the Promise board. When connected to
> the motherboard, the drive won't boot into win95 and it fails linux's
> bad block scan when trying to create linux partitions.
>
> Is it possible to set up Linux on an Ultra ATA hard drive at this point?
> If so, can you point me to some details on how? I tried Deja News, but
> the messages seemed inconclusive.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> John Paul
>
>
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