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
> > 
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