Well, I printed and studied the ULTRA66 HOWTO, tried what it said but it didn't
work. I couldn't pass anything to the kernel that would work. can you offer any
other help?
Michael
Michael McLeod wrote:
> Dear Timothy,
> Please pardon me for being a little timid and slow with Linux as I AM a Newbie.
> I did do some reading of the "HOW TO" and get the drift of passing the kernel
> parameters. As I grasp it I should use the 6.2 install disk and at the
> appropriate time pass the Parameters. Then do the kernel patch which I have from
> Promise. Actually all the files are currently in the /root directory so maybe I
> would just have to run the script sh setup-u66.
> Am I on the right track?
> Michael
>
> Timothy Reaves wrote:
>
> > Michael McLeod wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Timothy,
> > > I tried removing the card but the Kernel could not boot completely. I want
> > > to remove it so I can upgrade to RH 6.2. Promise does not have an install
> > > disk or boot.img for 6.2. So the only way to upgrade is remove the card.
> > > The card works fine, however, without it I can't see any extra speed on the
> > > windoz side and the Linux is not an ATA drive.
> > > Michael
> >
> > That's not accurate. See the Ultra66 HOWTO.
> >
> > I installed on 6.2 fine, without using anything from Promise. Basically
> > what you do is pass the kernel parameters that let it see the hard drives.
> > Once you upgrade/install you need the UDMA patches to the kernel, recompile
> > the kernel, install the new kernel, take out the kernel boot parameters, and
> > there you go.
> >
> > The only reason you need to pass in the kernel parameters is so it knows
> > where the address of each drive is; it can't autoprobe them.
> >
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