There should not be a problem on the Debian side. I've used UltraDMA boot floppies to do two Debian installations on these controllers. I did have some trouble with them not wanting to be a boot device on the older machine. 'append="ide=reverse"' seems to work just fine, though. I haven't seen the beginning of this discussion, so I may be ot of place. I did not have to do anything funny in either one of the two cases and am pretty happy with the hardware.
Alex. * Adam Bogacki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Adam, I'm sorry if my last message was a bit unfocused: a wisdom > tooth extraction had just ended up with the top spectacularly > breaking off leaving the roots in the gum. Antibiotics and painkillers > aside, maxillo-facial surgeons are a bit thin on the ground > at this time of year ... > > > > > hdc might be using a different controller unsupported by the install > > > > disk? (unlikely) > ...<snip>... > > > The controller is the Ultra 100TX2 by Promise Technology, Inc., > > > http://www.promise.com > > > > > > Is there a problem with Deb install support ? (surely unlikely) > > > > Surely unlikely?!? I don't even think ATA-100 controllers even existed > > at the time the Debian install disks were created. > > Hold on, 2.2r4 is the latest version and ATA-100 support has surely been > included in the kernel ... (?) > > > > I doubt the ReiserFS UDMA-66 install disks would even support it either. > > > > That will be the reason why the installer cannot see the controller. > > > > > > You computer many not be able to boot from the second hard disk > > > > controller? (likely) > > > > > > The Ultra100 TX2 manual has a 'Troubleshooting' section re. > > > "any difficulties with the hard drive being recognised by the card" > > > but it all seems to be within the Win/DOS tradition. > > > > > > It refers to the 'Ultra100 TX2 BIOS' but I have seen no sign of it. > > > How do I access it ? > > > > Try Google or Google Groups. > > > Thanks, I'll follow that one up. > > > No luck there? try posting (for example) to the newsgroups > > comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage or comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage > > > > You are expecting a lot of specific hardware knowledge from a general > > Debian User mailing list. If you're lucky you might hit the right > > person. > > No harm in trying. The list seems to exist to solve these types > of problems. > > > > > The only one which makes sense to me is > > > > > > "PROBLEM: Miscellaneous problems such as the Ultra100 TX2 BIOS not > > > appearing during boot, the ULTRA100 TX2 driver not loading, or slow data > > > transfer rates. > > > > > > SOLUTION: Move the Ultra100 TX2 to a different PCI slot." > > Thanks, > > Adam Bogacki, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > P.S. I'm having problems with my ISP: the number of local calls charged > for seems to have blown out by a factor of 10 and I'm fairly sure I did not > make them. What is the broadband situation like in NZ ? > > AFB. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------- Oleksandr Moskalenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------- pub 1024D/6C5F196B 2001-08-17 /* http://www.tagancha.org/pgp */ Oleksandr V. Moskalenko (Alex) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fingerprint = EE63 C471 ADBA 5D80 ADFB 1054 DA28 6F32 6C5F 196B ----------------------------------------------------------------
