You should also be able to install Linux directly to the UDMA66 drive. Don .... On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > Sorry, my instructions were aimed at improving your hdparm performance > (under 7.1). > > You should be able to install on udma33, then make changes to your > /etc/fstab, add the append lines to lilo/grub and then reboot (assuming > the patches are applied to the stock kernel). > > Unfortunately I can't tell you much about 7.2 as I am still waiting for > my beta3 CD. > > Buchan > > Pascal Gross� wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:57:11PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > You need to ensure that you are actually using dma66. You will probably > > > see a line like the following in your /etc/lilo.conf or > > > /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > > ide2=0x????,0x???? ide3=0x????,0x???? where a ? is a hex value. This > > > indicates that you are using the dma66 controller in > > > backwards-compatible mode. What you need to do is change it to read: > > > > > > ide2=dma ide3=dma > > > (do this in a new lilo/grub entry, because if it doesn't work, you might > > > have problems). > > > > > > You might also want to look at this page: > > > http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/ > > > > > > > Thank you for the page, but i already saw it :-) > > > > Anyway, the problem is not about a parameter for grub and/or lilo. The > > system freeze during the _installation_ boot over the CD. If i put the hd > > in udma 0 mode (in the bios), the installation goes as long as the > > repartitionning. But it also freeze during the format. > > > > I must add that when i put the hd on the more classic udma 33 port, all > > works well. But it is not a very satisfactory solution, isn't it ? And htp > > 366 is supposed to work flawlessly on linux, at least with mdk 7.2. > > > > Pascal > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > -- > |--------------------------------------------------------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone +27824722231 > email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za > Control Models http://www.control.co.za > |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- 73 de KK6WJ
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