On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:54:27AM -0700, David Grant wrote: > Hi, > > I have an ASUS A7V133 with PDC20265 on-board IDE as well as the standard > on-board VIA controller. I am trying to install Debian potato 2.2r3. I > need to get it to install from the on-board Promise IDE controller. I tried > using the boot: parameter with these parameters, which I retrieved from > Windows 98 device manager resources: > > boot: linux ide2=0xA000, 0x9802 ide3=0x9400, 0x9002 > > but this didn't work. When it reached the first few screens in the Debian > installed it said that I didn't have any valid devices to install to. > > I went to a shell and looked at /proc/pci. I looked fine as far as I know. > It showed an "unknown mass storage device" and said "unknown promise > device". It also had the same addresses which I gave above as the boot > parameter. > > Is there anything else I need to do? I used > http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/ as a guide. But I need more help. Does > anyone know what I can do? Download the udma66 install diskettes from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/udma66/ Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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