"H. Narfi Stefansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Wed Oct  2 21:40:41 2002 Gtk-LOG **: file gtkstatusbar.c: line 233 
> (gtk_statusbar_pop): assertion `context_id > 0' failed. at 
> /usr/lib/libDrakX/harddrake/ui.pm line 223.
> and that was the only response I received.

you can safely ignore that warning

> Additionally, the new controller card seems to be detected as a raid card:
>
> md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
> md: autorun ...
> md: ... autorun DONE.

not related to this. md is compiled in kernel core and probe for raid
volumes on boot.

> [from dmesg]
> harddrake2 says:
> (E)IDE/ATA controllers
>  VT82C586 IDE [apollo]
>  HPT366: Module: hptraid
>  HPT366: Module: hptraid
> Where the highpoint controller is presumably repeated once for each 
> connector on the card.

an ata controller really is two eide controllers (one per channel;
each channel being able to connect a master and a slave device (until
sata rules the world)).

> ps. Can somebody explain to my why my devices shift when I insert the card:
> /dev/hda --> /dev/hde
> /dev/hdc --> /dev/hdg
> and the card gets /dev/hda, hdb, hdc and hdd?

ide=reverse on boot command line ? (see man bootparam) 
it can also be a bios option that reverse both controllers

> I would've liked my primary and secondary controllers to keep their
> designations as hda, hdb, hdc and hdd.


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