Re: 2.2r4 CD not recognising Ultra100 TX2 controller
There should not be a problem on the Debian side. I've used UltraDMA
boot floppies to do two Debian installations on these controllers. I did
have some trouble with them not wanting to be a boot device on the older
machine. 'append="ide=reverse"' seems to work just fine, though.
I haven't seen the beginning of this discussion, so I may be ot of
place. I did not have to do anything funny in either one of the two
cases and am pretty happy with the hardware.
Alex.
* Adam Bogacki (afb3@primus.com.au) wrote:
> Adam, I'm sorry if my last message was a bit unfocused: a wisdom
> tooth extraction had just ended up with the top spectacularly
> breaking off leaving the roots in the gum. Antibiotics and painkillers
> aside, maxillo-facial surgeons are a bit thin on the ground
> at this time of year ...
>
> > > > hdc might be using a different controller unsupported by the install
> > > > disk? (unlikely)
> ...<snip>...
> > > The controller is the Ultra 100TX2 by Promise Technology, Inc.,
> > > http://www.promise.com
> > >
> > > Is there a problem with Deb install support ? (surely unlikely)
> >
> > Surely unlikely?!? I don't even think ATA-100 controllers even existed
> > at the time the Debian install disks were created.
>
> Hold on, 2.2r4 is the latest version and ATA-100 support has surely been
> included in the kernel ... (?)
> >
> > I doubt the ReiserFS UDMA-66 install disks would even support it either.
> >
> > That will be the reason why the installer cannot see the controller.
> >
> > > > You computer many not be able to boot from the second hard disk
> > > > controller? (likely)
> > >
> > > The Ultra100 TX2 manual has a 'Troubleshooting' section re.
> > > "any difficulties with the hard drive being recognised by the card"
> > > but it all seems to be within the Win/DOS tradition.
> > >
> > > It refers to the 'Ultra100 TX2 BIOS' but I have seen no sign of it.
> > > How do I access it ?
> >
> > Try Google or Google Groups.
> >
> Thanks, I'll follow that one up.
>
> > No luck there? try posting (for example) to the newsgroups
> > comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage or comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
> >
> > You are expecting a lot of specific hardware knowledge from a general
> > Debian User mailing list. If you're lucky you might hit the right
> > person.
>
> No harm in trying. The list seems to exist to solve these types
> of problems.
> >
> > > The only one which makes sense to me is
> > >
> > > "PROBLEM: Miscellaneous problems such as the Ultra100 TX2 BIOS not
> > > appearing during boot, the ULTRA100 TX2 driver not loading, or slow data
> > > transfer rates.
> > >
> > > SOLUTION: Move the Ultra100 TX2 to a different PCI slot."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam Bogacki,
> adam@bogacki.net
>
> P.S. I'm having problems with my ISP: the number of local calls charged
> for seems to have blown out by a factor of 10 and I'm fairly sure I did not
> make them. What is the broadband situation like in NZ ?
>
> AFB.
>
>
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