Re: Promise IDE ATA-100 controller on ASUS A7V133
The bootdisks will NOT be the final kernel, unless you want to be horribly
obscene. Use the idepci disks, get the system up, then customize the
system kernel with scsi-ide and all of the neat tools. In fact, it's
gotten to the point that I only specify the parts necessary in the initial
configuration to go on to the next step: network, possibly serial, and the
main disk system (in fact, up until potato, there wasn't much choice but
to do what I do). The point behind the bootdisks is to get your system to
a point where you can make the needed changes to get it to run as you
want.
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, David Grant wrote:
>Okay, everyone keeps telling me to use the idepci disks, which sounds like
>it would probably work. But on the website it says that the idepci ONLY
>supports IDE and PCI devices, not SCSI. I don't have any SCSI devices, but
>actually I do want SCSI emulation for my CD writer. But are there other
>limitations on these ide-pci kernels? I mean why do these even exist in the
>first place. If ide-pci supports the promise controller, why didn't they
>put this support into the main kernel as well. (Also BTW, I have a Promise
>on-board controller, not a PCI card).
>
>David Grant
>PLEASE cc: to dgrant3@attglobal.net
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Daniel" <daniel@f0am.net>
>To: "David Grant" <dgrant3@attglobal.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:13 AM
>Subject: Re: Promise IDE ATA-100 controller on ASUS A7V133
>
>
>> You can just use the idepci install disks which detect the promise drives
>as
>> hde and hdf
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Grant
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:54 AM
>> Subject: Promise IDE ATA-100 controller on ASUS A7V133
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David Grant
>> Please cc: to dgrant3@attglobal.net as I am not subscribed to list.
>Thanks
>> a lot.
>>
>
>
>
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