On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Everything's all set properly.... the only thing that I can think of is
> > that because the BIOS doesn't support it, it can't be probed somehow.
> > This is an older motherboard system.. P133. I wonder.
>
> If it is on the same cable with something the IDE driver is finding, I
> think probably not. If it is on a separate cable.. it is my impression
> the IDE driver will probe until it has found devices on 2 ports, then
> assume if it finds those that it has them all...If the BIOS doesn't
> support it, you may find it convenient to tell the BIOS that it isn't
> there, and tell linux where it is. That is how I handle my mighty 2x
BIOS thinks that nothing is there. The thing is that I know that it's on
/dev/hdd. My only problem is that I don't know how to tell the IDE driver
to look there for an LS-120 drive. I looked up some of the IDE
documentation and I can't figure it out.
Oh, well. I'll figure it out later... I guess I can live with using
Windows to use the drive.
> IDE CD on my junk-pentium 66. If I tell the BIOS there is something on
> primary slave, it chokes because it doesn't know what it is. If I tell
> it there is nothing there, it will boot, and the IDE driver can find it
> no worry. Of course, you may have some trouble to find where it really
> is. :-)
