Yes, the Ultra-DMA mini how-to available at the address below in text format and at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~vibber/linux/Ultra-DMA.html in html seems to have all the information I will need. Thanks a lot. I'll post a success report when I get everything working.
John Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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]
