Hi Everyone,
I posted to this list a while ago about my problems with the HPT366 not
being able to boot. Well I've finally solved my problems. If I pass the
kernel option "ide2=noautotune" the kernel will boot fine. I put in a bunch
of debugging statements in to the source and it seems to hang on a call to
"_ide__sti();" in a subroutine that's trying to determine the drive speed.
Anyhow... I don't know what kind of impact the "noautotune" will have on my
system. Anyone have any ideas ?
If youre still having problems, I also sent a message to "Andre Hedrick -
linux IDE Guy" about my problems. He suggesting compiling a SMP kernel and
passing the parameter "noapic" at boot. DIdn't work for me, but might solve
somebody else's problem.
David Stringer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] HPT366 Boot help, I've been through the archives blah
blah blah... but there seems to be no answer to my problem.
> Muryn Bartlomiej wrote:
>
> > I`v got the same problem, it is the issue of driver for this controller.
> > I had a problem with instalation too - when installer says to insert a
> > floppy to start the instalation from floppy - floppy recognise the
> > controller but I have error in assignation of IRQ...
> > Is there ANY POSSIBILITY that this controller WILL WORK correctly under
> > Linux Mandrake some day?!!!
>
> I'm really hoping that once the driver is stable (is it already?) that it
is
> available in the new kernels. It is becoming pretty common now, not just
on
> various brands of motherboards but on PCI controller cards as well. Easy
> way to add on 4 more UDMA/66 devices, or it's supposed to be easy, anyway
:)
>
> Best, John.
>
>
>
