Jean-Louis,
you asked:
> what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via?
> If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means
> that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel."
As a matter of fact, that file does not exist!
> Another thing to check (this does not need a recompile)
> would be that (U)DMA, and/or BUS MASTER, is supported
> and _activated_ in the BIOS (there may be an option there).
I still have to check this. Should it not be supported, there
would be no point in recompiling the kernel right?
GENERAL QUESTION on kernel compilation: is there any
(Make|Log|whatever file) left after the installation where you
can read all answers/options used to build the running kernel,
so that you can be sure to leave everything else just as it
is now?
Question/suggestion to Mandrake folks:
I switched to Mandrake from RH ALSO because the feature page says
optimized support for UDMA drives.
How come the chipset is not recognized during installation, and/or
user is not prompted to enter the proper flags (VT82C586 chipset,
use DMA, etc...) that Jean-Louis mentioned?
Cool distribution, though! Keep up the good work.
Thank you in advance,
Marco Fioretti
