Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >>> The bootfloppies for Slink don't handle UDMA66. You need to use >>> bootfloppies with a kernel on them that's patched for UDMA66 >>> support (using the IDE patches from

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >> The bootfloppies for Slink don't handle UDMA66. You need to use >> bootfloppies with a kernel on them that's patched for UDMA66 >> support (using the IDE patches from >> ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/). I'm not sure if >> potato's b

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 02:02:11PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > Once again, how do you specify the CHS specs for cfdisk or fdisk? You have to go into "Expert" mode. The command is 'x' with fdisk. I don't remember for cfdisk. -- ++ | Eric G.

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Brian Lavender
Once again, how do you specify the CHS specs for cfdisk or fdisk? brian On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 01:37:17PM -0800, Percival wrote: > > It really sucks, basically. I found out that I had to track down the > manufacturer of my large hard drive, get the specs from them, and then pass > them on to

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Percival
It really sucks, basically. I found out that I had to track down the manufacturer of my large hard drive, get the specs from them, and then pass them on to cfdisk/fdisk and ignore the warnings that those programs gave me. I also remember that one of them sinply would not work (fdisk, I think)

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Ray" == Ray writes: Ray> On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 21:32:35 -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: >> but it just flashes the characters >> >> 2FA: Ray> That's from the Master Boot Record program. >> I also tried booting with a floppy with IDE support, but it won't >>

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-19 Thread Brian Lavender
On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 02:34:16PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 21:32:35 -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > but it just flashes the characters > > > > 2FA: > > That's from the Master Boot Record program. I guess you are correct about this, because I took the drive an

RE: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-18 Thread Larry Elmore
> From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 6:34 AM > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 21:32:35 -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > but it just flashes the characters > > > > 2FA: > > That's from the Master Boot Record program. > > > I also tried booting with a flop

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-18 Thread Percival
It has been my experience that the 2FA: prompt usually occurs when I have screwed up and have more than one partition flagged as bootable. Does this seem to be the case for more people. or is the 2FA: prompt a kind of 'panic' message from the MBR? On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 02:34:16PM +0100, J

Re: Promise Ultra 66

2000-03-18 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 21:32:35 -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > but it just flashes the characters > > 2FA: That's from the Master Boot Record program. > I also tried booting with a floppy with IDE support, but it won't > detect it either. The bootfloppies for Slink don't handle UDMA66. You ne