Adam, I'm sorry if my last message was a bit unfocused: a wisdom tooth extraction had just ended up with the top spectacularly breaking off leaving the roots in the gum. Antibiotics and painkillers aside, maxillo-facial surgeons are a bit thin on the ground at this time of year ...
> > > hdc might be using a different controller unsupported by the install > > > disk? (unlikely) ...<snip>... > > The controller is the Ultra 100TX2 by Promise Technology, Inc., > > http://www.promise.com > > > > Is there a problem with Deb install support ? (surely unlikely) > > Surely unlikely?!? I don't even think ATA-100 controllers even existed > at the time the Debian install disks were created. Hold on, 2.2r4 is the latest version and ATA-100 support has surely been included in the kernel ... (?) > > I doubt the ReiserFS UDMA-66 install disks would even support it either. > > That will be the reason why the installer cannot see the controller. > > > > You computer many not be able to boot from the second hard disk > > > controller? (likely) > > > > The Ultra100 TX2 manual has a 'Troubleshooting' section re. > > "any difficulties with the hard drive being recognised by the card" > > but it all seems to be within the Win/DOS tradition. > > > > It refers to the 'Ultra100 TX2 BIOS' but I have seen no sign of it. > > How do I access it ? > > Try Google or Google Groups. > Thanks, I'll follow that one up. > No luck there? try posting (for example) to the newsgroups > comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage or comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage > > You are expecting a lot of specific hardware knowledge from a general > Debian User mailing list. If you're lucky you might hit the right > person. No harm in trying. The list seems to exist to solve these types of problems. > > > The only one which makes sense to me is > > > > "PROBLEM: Miscellaneous problems such as the Ultra100 TX2 BIOS not > > appearing during boot, the ULTRA100 TX2 driver not loading, or slow data > > transfer rates. > > > > SOLUTION: Move the Ultra100 TX2 to a different PCI slot." Thanks, Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. I'm having problems with my ISP: the number of local calls charged for seems to have blown out by a factor of 10 and I'm fairly sure I did not make them. What is the broadband situation like in NZ ? AFB.
