I am still running 2.2.16, but 2.4.0 will work also.
Check bug #525
--- Denis Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade from Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2 and
> my Promise U66
> controler seems to cause a problem. At the present
> time I have a cdrom on
> ide0, a cdr on ide1, a Quantum HD (udma66) on ide2,
> a Maxtor HD
> (udma66) on ide3.
>
> To boot with 7.1, I use the following line with
> Grub:
> kernel (hd0,1)/boot/bzImage-2.2.16-9mdk_2
> root=/dev/hde2 hda=ide-scsi
> hdd=ide-scsi ide2=0xd400,0xd800 ide3=0xdc00,0xe000
> ide2=dma ide3=dma
>
> When trying to upgrade to 7.2 by booting from the
> cdrom, if I don't add
> anything the instaler hang with:
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> ide2 at 0xd400-0xd407,0xd802 on irq 9
> ide3 at 0xdc00-0xdc07,0xe002 on irq 9
>
> If after pressing F1, I boot with "linux
> ide2=0xd400,0xd800
> ide3=0xdc00,0xe000" the installer hang with:
> Partition check:
> hde:
>
> And if after pressing F1, I boot with "linux
> ide2=0xd400,0xd802
> ide3=0xdc00,0xe002" I get the same result as when I
> don't add anything.
>
> The relevant part of "cat /proc/pci" is:
> Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
> Unknown mass storage controller: Promise
> Technology IDE UltraDMA/66 (rev 1).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable.
> Latency=32.
> I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].
> I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
> I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
> I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001].
> I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000
> [0xd8000000].
>
> Is there something else I can try?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Denis
> --
> _______________________________________________
> Denis Pelletier
> �tudiant au doctorat
> sciences �conomiques, Universit� de Montreal
>
>
>
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