Re: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370
To install debian potato on an abit kt7-raid motherboard:
(well, this is what I roughly did)
1 Connect your disk to the first ide controller,
not to the HTP370 controller
2 I used the debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/
2.2.20.0.1-2000-12-03/images-1.44/idepci disk set
3 boot and install as usual
4 download and unpack kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.18.tar.gz
5 download and apply patch kernel/people/hedrick/
ide.2.2.18.1209.patch.gz
6 make menuconfig -> Block devices:
[*] Generic PCI IDE chipset support
...
[*] HPT366 chipset support
Don't know about theese two but they seem to work for me
[*] HPT366 Fast Interrupt support (WIP)
[*] HPT366 mode three unsupported (WIP)
(Note! this driver has no raid support, you just get the udma100
support and two more controllers, only connect discs to hpt
controller)
and whatever else you want in the kernel
7 make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
8 cp arch/.../bzImage System.map to /boot
9 add new image to lilo.conf with root=/dev/hdexx instead of hda
10 run lilo
11 change hda to hde in /etc/fstab
12 shutdown -h now
13 poweroff
14 move disk cable to first HPT370 connector
15 boot
Regards,
/Karl
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From: "Alexander Sawallich" <asawallich@gmx.de>
Subject: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:46:46 +0100
> When I try installing Debian 2.2r2 on my HPT370 Raid/UDMA100 controller, with the UDMA66 boot floppies, the system halts during the boot process. ...
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> Abit KT7-Raid Motherboard
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> Alexander
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From: Jon Branch <jon_branch@email.com>
Subject: RE: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:01:37 -0500 (EST)
> Hi Alexander
>
> Sorry no solution from me. I'm faced with a near identical problem using the HPT 370 on-board controller with a 2theMax BX7 +100 motherboard (actually with five of them). So I'll be interested to see the solution if/when you get one.
>
> Regards
>
> Jon Branch
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From: "Alexander" <debianlinux@gmx.net>
Subject: RE: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:18:15 +0100
> I´m desperate to install debian eventhough it doesn´t seem to work with me.
> I had Suse installed a year ago, but I don´t want to put up with there funny
> rc.config-thingy any more.
>
> It seems that my onboard HPT370 controller should be supported on the udma66
> floppies.
> I just got unlucky and so it doesn´t work. I already received a few replies
> by some other KT7 owners indicating that I´m not alone.
>
> I can boot into the setup assistant just fine from the regular 2.2r2 CD, but
> then I have no harddisk.
> There´s an option in the setup menu that lets you load modules from floppy,
> and I tried loading something from the UDMA66 driver1-4 disks, but then I
> only got an error telling me that the system is unable to mount the floppy
> (???). Also I´m not so sure if there´s a useful driver on those disks
> anyhow.
> When I boot from the udma66 floppies it just stops half way (see description
> below) .
>
> I really don´t know what more to do. Maybe I could boot from the CD by
> supplying a bunch of boot parameters, describing my disk. So if you have a
> clue what I (and many others) could do I would really appreciate if you send
> me a reply.
> Under Windows the HPT370 controller(ide2 & ide3 ( counting from 0)) seems to
> run as a scsi device.
> If you need any information youst ask me.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Alexander
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