ABIT now has it's own version of Linux called Gentus which is based on
RH6.1 but supports their motherboards including ULTRA 66. You can download
it from their site.
>Hello Bruce,
>
>Did you happen to buy the Abit BP6 dual-celeron motherboard? I just bought
>one myself, but have not installed it yet on my Linux box. It has the
>ATA33/66 channels too. Did you get anywhere with yours yet?
>
>Thanks,
>Jon
>
>On 21 Mar 2000, "Bruce Bauer" wrote:
> > Date: 21 Mar 2000 15:03:06 -0000
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From: "Bruce Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Catch 22 for Linux and ATA66?
> >
> > Just a guess here, but if the ATA66 driver is a module then you can use
> > the expert installation mode
> > and load the driver for it up front!
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Am I correct that there is a catch 22 for linux and ATA66 IDE
> > > connections on motherboards?.
> > >
> > > I recently purchased and ABIT board that has 2 ata33 ide connectors and
> > > 2 ata66 ide connectors.
> > >
> > > My hard drive is an ATA66 drive plugged into the ATA66 IDE connector.
> > >
> > > When I tried to install Linux the other day it didnt seem to recognize
> > > the ATA66 ide connector and therefore complained it could not find the
> > > hard drive.
> > >
> > > I understand that there are some kernel versions that recognize ATA66,
> > > but I am assuming the currently stock RH release does not have that
> > yet.
> > >
> > > So this somehow would mean linux would have to be on the hard drive
> > > before a new kernel with ATA66 recognition could get installed.
> > >
> > > Am I correct? Is there a way around this catch 22?
> > >
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