Here's the latest: I followed Jacques' instructions for building a Bering kernel including all the patches.
With IDE compiled in, there was no change, but when I compiled the kernel using the 'old hard disk drivers' mentioned in ide.txt, it all works fine. I think it's possible to get the 'enhanced' drivers to work, but life's too short and this setup is likely to be rare. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darren Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 6:55 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [leaf-user] CF and HD on same IDE channel > > > > > > Hi > > > > Anyone else tried using Bering with a hard disk (master) and CompactFlash > > (slave) on the same IDE channel. Let me explain: > > > > I have a remote Warehouse using thin clients to connect to a server at > > the Head Office via a 64kbit leased line. They want a digital camera, but > > have no > > means of getting images from the camera to their file directories. > > > > I've got a fair amount of experience of using Bering, not only as a > > firewall, > > but as a toolkit for building network devices out of junk 486s. So I > > thought > > > > I'd put Bering on to a hard disk with sshd and smb-2b and fit a > > CompactFlash > > reader in the 5.25 inch bay. Just plug in the card, switch the PC on, map > > a drive across and hey-presto! > > > > The trouble is the old 486s only have one IDE interface. When I try and > > boot > > > > the machine I get complaints about unknown partition labels, bogus > > logical sectors and not being able to find valid FAT filesystems. The > > hard disk boots > > fine when it's on its own, the CF is definitely the slave, HDA & HDB are > > identified correctly during the boot sequence by Bering. > > > > I've now tried 4 different PCs, 3 hard disks and 2 different makes of > > CF/IDE > > > > adapter. Basically, if the two devices are on the same ide channel they > > don't > > work. They work fine as masters on separate ide channels. BTW, I've also > > managed to achieve the desired result using a Hard Disk and an external > > USB CF reader. Ideally, I want to use the slimline 486s, they look smart > > as well > > > > as being small. The other PCs, especially, the one with USB is a bit of > > overkill. > > > > I tried Dachstein this afternoon and this works with both devices on the > > same > > IDE channel, unfortunately I've messed up the network settings for the > > moment. Ideally I'd like to stick with Bering as that is where most of my > > experience is. The question is: is this likely to be a kernel issue? Am I > > not > > loading enough modules? - I have the standard IDE stuff in > > /boot/lib/modules > > > > plus vfat. Anyone got any similar experiences? had success? I suspect I'm > > on > > > > my own here. > > > > Best > > > > Darren ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
