Re: ASUS A7V Promise Ultra 100
> Here´s what i wrote this morning to the list:
> Hi!
>
> I´ve the same board installed.
> You just can boot either Windows or from your Debian CDs. In windows use
> the Systeminformation programm (win98) to finds out the E/A and IRQ
> Values
> the controller uses. The same things can be looked up under Linux ind
> the
> /proc/pci file, which i find is more clear to see. I use the biggest
> and
> the
> third biggest E/A numbers. When you have got these numbers you type into
> the
> linux boot prompt:
> linux ide2=0x<value>, 0x<value>, <IRQvalue>
> (at my system linux ide2=0x8800, 0x8000, 10)
> after that the kernel should be able to find the hdd. You can append
> this
> line to your lilo.conf.
> Take care with new PnP devices. I installed a new soundcard after linux
> was running, and the E/A values of the Promise controller had been
> changed,
> and i couldn´t boot linux again until deinstalling the card, booting
> linux,
> disabling or changing the append line in lilo.conf and booting with the
> new
> values.
>
> HTH
>
> Mathias
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