The "IDE controller not 100% native" I *think* means that you've got another
operating system on that computer and Linux is smart enough to recognize
that. As for the ZIP drive (parallel????) you may have to add a module. I've
seen this question asked several times, either in this group or the
"linux-newbie" group from vger.rutgers.edu (unfortunately, AFAIK, they don't
have an archive of the listserv!)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Abney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 5:02 PM
Subject: [expert] Problem solved -- sort of (IDE problems?)
> To re-cap: Both my external modem and my parallel-port Zip drive were
> working fine in RH 5.2 (and Win '95, but who cares). I tried installing
> both RH6.0 and LM6.0 and neither seemed to be able to find either the
> modem nor the Zip. After that, even RH5.2 would not reinstall and detect
> them.
>
> I'm not sure *exactly* which setting did it, but I got RH5.2 working
> again by playing with the BIOS. Once that happened, I thought I'd play
> around with trying to upgrade/install the 6.0 products again. *Neither*
> worked. They both fail to detect my Zip drive. *However* I did notice
> this little detail. In RH5.2, during the boot process, the following
> shows up:
>
> ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfcf0-0xfcf7
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfcf8-0xfcff
>
> (That is exact because I can get it from 'dmesg'.) In the boot process
> for both the 6.0 distributions, I remember seeing something about the IDE
> controller. It seemed like an error, but didn't seem fatal so I pretty
> much dismissed it. I think it was something like:
>
> IDE controller not 100% native
> will probe for IRQs later
>
> I will try to get the exact message if someone thinks it will help.
> Anyway, does this give anyone any ideas?
>
> For now, this isn't an emergency. I'm running fine in RH5.2, but I'd like
> the "automatic" 2.2 kernel and library updates I can get if I upgrade.
> Thanks in advance for your help (and also for that which has already been
> given).
>
>
> ~Mike
>
