I have installed the new Mandrake 6.1 the kernel is 2.2.13. The problem
only occurs with this new motherboard. I have a old p90 that was the
orginal system and it didn't have support of UDMA. So it recognized the HD
as PIO4. When i start it up it does not hang and when it shuts down it does
not hang or leave error garbage. Are there any bios specific settings that
i need to be aware of.... has that initscript that you are speaking of been
incorporated into the 2.2.13 kernel or should i still download and install
it......can or do i need to edit the lilo config..... the system runs fine
once it boots......please advise.
Thanks
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From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and bios\harddrive settings
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 12:29:13 -0500
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Does anyone know what the particuliars are if any for hard drives and
> linux... I have purchased a new motherboard and have a 4.2gb Ultra DMA 2
> Maxtor hard drive spec 8184cyl 16hd 63sec. I have set it up using
Large,
> LBA, and Normal bios settings. I have it jumpered to master. and it is
on
> the primary ide controller. i have tried disabling Ultra DMA 2 and set
it
> pio 2. on all of the settings the following happens first it hangs
during
> the initial boot up after installation at the part where mounts the hard
> drive and says" this is not a linux native" and then it says "resetting
> hard" and it continues to load as normal. The system will run fine but
if
> you do a shut down and halt, after the services are halted it produces a
> bunch of messages speaking of kernel dumps and errors. I have also tried
a
> 2gb hd and had the same results.
>
Mandrake 6.0? Go get the updated kernel and initscripts.
This is a known problem and the solution has been known for
sometime since Mandrake 6.0 was released. If you go to (for
example) ftp.linux-mandrake.com and go to the
/pub/updates/6.0/RPMS directory, you'll see the file
"initscripts-4.16-31.mdk.i586.rpm. Grab that and install it
with "rpm -Uvh initscripts....." and also upgrade your
kernel with a newer one than ships with the 6.0 version of
Mandrake.
John
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