On Sunday 07 January 2001 17:07, you wrote:
> I'm sorry, I am kind of new at all this I believe I mislead you in thinking
> that the system is already installed. It is not. I am trying to install
> corp server 1.1 on a box with 2 ata100 drives and I can't get corp server
> 1.1 to find the drives. What do I have to do to fix this?
>
> I have an Abit KT7-RAID motherboard
>
> Thank you,
> Steve
>
OK There is I believe a standard 33 MHz ide channel on board
Put an ide disk on that port and do a minimal install
run "cat /proc/pci" from a console--you do not need X
somewhere in the output you will see five numbers of a form like 0x9902
0xa740, and so on record the first two of these numbers and restore your
setup to its original form
to the second number add 2 in hexadecimal arithmetic.
Now fire it up and at the splash screen hit F1
type in
linux idebus=33 ide2=0x9902 0xa742
but use your numbers, not mine
If you have two sets of 5 numbers, that's OK--one of them will be ide2 and
the other ide3 which is which? Well, it doesn't hurt to experiment on that
since nothing is committed til the install is done.
Now it should see your controller but limit it to 33MHz for the install.
And, you need to put the ide2= and perhaps ide3= to the append at the
bootloader step of install as well.
It will not be possibel to make corporate server see the ATA/100 drives as
100s--66 is the limit for that kernel. Corporate servers are not issued on
the same schedule as desktops and are based on proven software exclusively.
The reasons for this are marketing-based.... Server customers are usually
large systems who don't like to upgrade every 4-6 months.
Civileme
