John Aldrich wrote:
> 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
> >
Mike, I use an external modem with M6 without any troubles...
and I just got my Zip driver working, (Thanks to the list members)
email-me if you're still interested in the configuration parameters.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sergio Korlowsky
Head Engineer
Image Broadcasting Systems, Inc
Laredo, Texas 78041
