On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> "Dan B�lisle" wrote:
> >
> > Hi !
> >
> > I have downloaded the brand new 7.1 and unfortunately like it predecessor my
> > ATA/66 (HPT366) disk doesn't work !!
> >
> > At the IDE detection at the begining of the installation, the installation
> > is stoped (stone) at this point.
> >
> > So, i have try too the SUSE 6.4 and he work very well !!
> >
> > Why is the problem ? Isn't my first e-mail on that.
> >
> > Thanks everyone !
> >
> > Danny.
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>
> Pentium code tightens timing requirements on the drives
> themselves and on the chipsets on the motherboards as well. 386
> code allows much greater variance from specifications.
>
> If your drive is Western Digital or your motherboard is one of
> several chipsets made to accommodate the WD drive and its weird
> timing and the fact that it blows off the CRC, then you have a
> problem with hardware and will be bound by it to distros who use
> 386 code. That is the difference--Mandrake is pushing the
> envelope in the direction of rather exact conformance to
> specifications on the part of the hardware, while compiling to
> maximize processor performance, and a lot of sloppy hardware has
> been built assuming the laxity of the 386 code which is used in
> the dominant desktop system. Now those same folks are saying
> things like "we don't support linux" when they get tech calls.
>
> The "We don't support linux," answer is easy to give, apparently
> a lot easier than the redesign to build the drive or motherboard
> right the first time.
>
> Civileme
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If he has WesternDigital drives, there is a floppydisk that goes with those
drives. He must use the floppy to set the drives in UDMA66 mode. They
won't work otherwise. BTW I am running NT4.0 on a WD20.5 G HDF and
Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 on a 15.5 G as HDF and booting off of the HDE drive
directly into linux.These drives are on the IDE3 port.
ttyl,
Don ....
