[plug] Installing on ATA100?

[Richard Sharpe]

At 12:04 PM 3/12/01 +0800, you wrote:
>I recently attempted to install linux (tried RedHat 7 and Mandrake 7.2) on
>a nice new Athlon system 1GHz system (ASUS motherboard, model and chipset
>not at hand at the moment) for a nephew and ran into the no devices on
>which to install type message. (ie linux just doesn't see the ATA100
>devices)

Mandrake 7.2 recognized the HPT366 on my BP6 motherboard. Nothing more was
needed, AFAIR ...

>Have looked at the HPT366 mini howto and will try the install hints there
>but was also considering tweaking the BIOS back to a lower UDMA mode in an
>attempt to get an install going from CD, then compiling a 2.4 kernel with
>hopefully useful drivers (haven't checked driver support for the
>southbridge chipset yet - that's another "bridge" to cross :-).
>
>
>I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has had similar experiences or
>any advice to offer. eg is changing the UDMA mode going to mess with the
>existing Win98 install in any way (or even going to help me)?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dave.
>
>
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Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
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