[ale] Redhat install help!

[JEM]

I have ATA66 drives (two of them) that are on a Promise Tech card.
RedHat 7.0 couldn't recognize them on install until I added the
following parameters on the boot.  Then I added same to lilo config and
everything is fine.  These settings appear to be fairly consist for
Promise, but I don't garuantee they work for ATA33:
 
boot: linux ide2=0x10a8,0x109c ide3=0x10a0,0x1098
 
Note:  My harddrives are IDE2 and IDE3 (/dev/hde /dev/hdf) because I
have a CD and DVD on the motherboard's IDE connector.
 
At one point when I was using RedHat 6.2, I had to move the hard drive
connector from the ATA card to the builtin IDE connector on the
motherboard.
RedHat installed just fine, but I had to do some fancy manipulations to
update lilo to be /dev/hdf not /dev/hdd for the linux partition.
 
However, by getting it up and running with the built-in IDE connector, I
was able to confirm the above command line parameters by looking in
/proc/pci which for the Promise Tech card shows:
  
    Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology Unknown device
(rev 1).
      Vendor id=105a. Device id=4d38.
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 10.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.
      I/O at 0x10a8 [0x10a9].
      I/O at 0x109c [0x109d].
      I/O at 0x10a0 [0x10a1].
      I/O at 0x1098 [0x1099].
      I/O at 0x1000 [0x1001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4020000 [0xf4020000].
 
Notice how the I/O at lines match the boot settings.
 
You might consider booting from the install floppy into rescue mode and
see if the /proc/pci has this information visible to you.
 
Jere
       
* Michael Smith <MSmith at webtonetech.com> [04-01-2001 11:08 AM -0500]
> It must be.  I have the same drive and have RH 7.0 working just fine.  I
> have Win2k on the first partition(10 gig), a beta OS on the second
> partition(10 gig), and RH7.0 on the third partition(10 gig).  I use lilo to
> boot between all the OSes without any problems.  
> 
> One thing to note is the cabling.  I have heard that anything above ATA33
> UDMA-3 requires a 80 pin IDE cable.  My mobo came with one so I don't know
> if this make any difference.  My mobo also supports ATA100 UDMA-5.  This
> might be another reason why mine works.  Just an FYI, my mobo is a ASUS
> CUSL2.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JB Wells [mailto:jbwellsiv at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:28 PM
> To: erikweber at mindspring.com
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Redhat install help!
> 
> 
> I've been told that only RH 7.0 supports ATA100. 
> 
> Good luck,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> --- erikweber at mindspring.com wrote:
> > Hello. Forgive my ignorance please.
> > 
> > I have a new IBM 7200 RPM 30GB ATA100 UDMA-5 hard
> > drive which has Windows 98se on the primary active
> > partition. There is an extended partition, and
> > within that, a logical partition for linux. They
> > were set up using Partition Magic.
> > 
> > I am trying to install RedHat 6.1 from a CD-ROM. 
> > 
> > The problem seems to be that RedHat cannot recognize
> > my hard drive.
> > 
> > When booting, I can see it probing for the drive,
> > and then I get:
> > 
> > "hda:  no response."
> > 
> > I have tried going into expert mode and trying to
> > specify a couple of different drivers. I also
> > downloaded the Ultra 100 controller from Promise.com
> > and tried using it when RedHat asks for the driver
> > disk, but it tells me the disk is not valid. (I'm
> > positive I don't know what the hell I'm doing here.)
> > 
> > I also tried this at the boot: prompt:
> > 
> > linux hda = 3737,255,63
> > 
> > (I got these numbers from partition info.)
> > 
> > Still no luck.
> > 
> > I have slogged through two installation books and
> > seemingly miles of online documentation but cannot
> > find a mention of this problem, accept that a couple
> > of people said the IBM drives can be tricky. No
> > elaboration. All this documentation assumes too much
> > knowledge!
> > 
> > I really need Redhat 6.1 because some development
> > software I need requires it.
> > 
> > Can anyone out there help me?
> > 
> > I would sincerely appreciate it.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Erik
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