Re: Subject: ATA-100, UDMA100, LILO
Yes, the better way to do this is to go into your BIOS and disable the motherboard'
s IDE controller. That's the only way the Promise IDE controller can have hda.
Vincent Gaines wrote:
> Subject: ATA-100, UDMA100, LILO
>
> I recently built a computer using the ASUS A7V motherboard, AMD 800, and
> an "IBM Deskstar DTLA-307030 30GB UA100" hard drive. I wanted to
> install Debian GNU/Linux on my hard drive (it uses the Promise ATA-100
> controller).
>
> 1) Upon reading the Debian Mail archives I surmised that the ATA-100 was
> not supported by the
> UDMA66 diskette install option from the ftp archiives. ( I also tried
> it!)
>
> 2) I installed using the UDMA66 diskettes and CDROM binaries from linux
> labs using my via udma66 controller ( I was later to find out to my
> dismay that the system uses hda, hdb, hdc, and hdd for the via
> controller and hde, hdf, hdg, and hdh for the promise ATA-100
> controller).
>
> 3) I applied the patches from www.linux-ide.org to a linux-2.4.0-test6
> kernel source from www.kernel.org and compiled my "new" kernel.
>
> 4.) When I booted on my custom kernel to my dismay I saw all devices
> operable however, my promise ATA-100 contoller was using hde. As far as
> I know there is no way to change this so.
>
> 5.) I hoped I could simply edit my lilo.conf file run liloconfig and
> voila!.....No way! Since device
> hde did not exist at that time ( I was using hda, hdb) this coiuld not
> be.
>
> 6.) After many hours of strife ( and realizing that linux-2.4.0-test6
> has the drivers in it for ATA-100) I decided to install a 2 GB maxtor on
> hda, put the custom kernel on it, and now Debian sees my hda, hdb
> (CDROM) and hde.
>
> 7.) I will now have to adjust my lilo.conf to boot windows 98 (hde1).
>
> There must be a better way to do this, someone please tell me .
>
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