Hi! Sorry, i'm late, but i haven't had time to try. Here' is how i worked out. I also use the Asus A7V. I plugged the Harddisk into hda, booted from CD, installed Linux and checked the I/O of the Promise controller. Then i replugged the hd back into the ATA-100 controller and booted like you described with the actual numbers from my board. The next thing i'll try is to use the patch from www.linux-ide.org. Is the speed the system accesses the hd now the same as when I use the driver from the patch?
Thanks to everybody for all the help. Mathias >Take a look at www.linuxnewbie.org and look for an NHF (newbieized >help file) on ATA-66 this will tell you how to work out the memory >range for your promise controller. Then to install debian all you >will need to do is type the following at the initial boot screen >prompt: > >linux ide2=0x9400,0x9002,10 > >your numbers may vary, the third number is the irq. If your board is >an ASUS A7V then these numbers are probably correct as this is the >board I use. >Once you have installed, you will need to boot the same way otherwise >the drive won't be found. Once you have booted you can put this line >in the lilo.conf file and run lilo as root to have it work >automatically: > >append="ide2=0x9400,0x9002,10" > >To use the secondary controller you will need an ide3=.... with >(obviously) different mem/irq values. > >HTH >Barney
