At 10:36 AM 11/12/1999 , you wrote:
Jeff,
I was rummaging through old messages to the list & found your query about
the Promise cards.
I checked their site & it looks like they do have a kernel patch to make
the cards work - this was a Work In Progress last time I had checked.
Have you tried it yet?
I found the info here...
http://www.promise.com/latest/latedrivers.htm
Franko
>I sent something about this before with no response,
>hopefully someone has some experience with it?
>
>Here's the setup:
>
>Strictly IDE devices
>
>Controller 1 (on motherboard)
> master = 8GB Linux drive
> slave = 100MB Zip Drive
>Controller 2 (on motherboard)
> master = DVD ROM drive
> slave = CD-R Drive
>Promise Controller Card slot 1
> master = 34GB Win98 Drive
> slave = empty
>Promise Controller Card slot 2
> both empty
>
>I tried putting linux on the 8GB drive last night which went fine, but
>it didn't recognize the 34GB drive. Thus, when the computer boots
>it automatically boots into Windows. Windows sees the new card
>as a SCSI controller (listed in system devices) and I tried a few of
>the scsi drivers during the linux install with no success. Wondering
>if maybe someone has a similar setup working? I need to somehow
>get lilo on the 34GB so that i can configure it to boot to either one.
>
>TIA
>
>Jeff
>
>
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