I have the exact same problem as you ('cept my Gateway is a E-4200). I'm
new to Debian, and not well aquainted with the install, but here is what I
tried:
The ATA/100 patches are only (as far as I can see) for kernel
2.4.0-test1 with ac12 patch applied. I haven't tried it on other kernels
yet - I'm taking a break from frustration. Anyhow, the Potato installer
uses a 2.2 kernel. I'll admit that I didn't even try to apply the patch
to the install kernel, but I'll give that a shot next.
What did was I made the rescue & boot disks, and replaced the kernel on
the rescue disk with my patched 2.4 kernel (that I compiled on an
existing Linux (RedHat) box). Mine kept hanging while detecting the IDE
buses - It seemed to see the drive attached to the ATA/100
controller, but would hang right afterwards, before mounting the root
filesystem.
After that failed miserably, I put the drive on the motherboard IDE
controller - regular, standard, and supported (thank God!) ATA/33. I
installed Debian, and recompiled my 2.4.0-test1-ac12+ide100 kernel. I
shutdown the computer, moved my drive to the ATA/100 controller, booted...
guess what: it hung again, at the same damn point.
I'd say go ahead & try it yourself. One thing you ought to double-check
(I didn't), is that your controller's chipset is actually listed as
supported by the patch (found at http://www.linux-ide.org). Also, with
the second method, remember to change /etc/fstab & /etc/lilo.conf to point
to /dev/hde1 as the root filesystem (yes, I did do this) before you move
the drive back to the ATA/100 controller.
Any questions?
-Matt Stegman
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, dlb wrote:
> I am try to bring up Debian Linux on my new Gateway Select 750. It has
> an IBM-DTLA-307030 ATA100 hard disk, which it doen't recognize. Does
> anybody have any suggestions on how to get it up and running?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Broughton
>
>
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