You could also look at the Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO, it address the Promise card. http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA
Brian On 23 Mar, Steve Hsieh wrote: > > Yes, it is possible, but not without some work. If you want to use a > stable kernel, you need to rebuild a 2.0.33 kernel with the promise_ide > patch in order to recognize the promise ultra ide card. Patch can be > found at http://www.huwig.de/linux/mama/20-newdriver.html. But even then, > only DMA mode is supported. For built-in promise IDE and UDMA support, use > a developmental kernel such as 2.1.90. > > > > On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, John Paul Lorenti wrote: > >> I'm trying to install Debian on a friend's computer. She has a Gateway >> G6-233 with a Promise Ultra ATA harddrive controller card and a Western >> Digital Caviar UATA-IDE 4GB . The installer doesn't pick up the hard >> drive at all if it is connected to the Promise board. When connected to >> the motherboard, the drive won't boot into win95 and it fails linux's >> bad block scan when trying to create linux partitions. >> >> Is it possible to set up Linux on an Ultra ATA hard drive at this point? >> If so, can you point me to some details on how? I tried Deja News, but >> the messages seemed inconclusive. >> >> Thank you for your time, >> >> John Paul >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
