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Michael McLeod wrote:
> 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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