> <snip> > > Just applie the kernel patches from www.linux-ide.org, this will > make > > the kernel auto-detect the promise ata100 controller (at least at > my > > asus a7v mb) > <snip> > > That's great, but it's a little hard to apply the patch if linux > isn't installed yet. (obviously once it is installed you can then > apply the patch (or build a newer kernel as I have done now) rather > than use the lilo.conf method). > > Please excuse the nested brackets :) > > Barney
A way to do it, could be to plug the harddrive directly to your board. boot from the cd-rom like you normally do, patch your kernel and then linux will discover your ata100 controller. then you can replug the calbe to the ata100 controller /jens