Um...pardon the breakin on this thread, but I'm wondering about something. I'm thinking about upgrading to 8.0, but I'm not liking what I'm hearing about the kernel in that version.(2.4.3) Is there another kernel version offered during install? i.e. 2.2.17 or 2.2.19? -- Mark ***** "what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)" On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, chengyu sun wrote: > Hi, Todd > > Thanks a lot for responding to my question. The > problem was not the ATA100 card though. It's the > installer having problem mounting a NTFS partition > (which is on a ATA33 disk). > > However, I'm very curious about the bug in 2.4.3, > e.g. will it cause data corruption? > I just got the Promise card about a week ago and > it have been working fine under 2.4.3 during this > period. I'd like to know if I could trust it with > important data. > > Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend, > > - Chengyu > > --- CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:54:53PM -0700, chengyu > > sun wrote: > > > . Promise ATA100 PCI card > > > > There's the problem. Kernel 2.4.3 appears to break > > the Promise ATA > > chipset. Stay tuned for a fix. The guys are > > working to try and > > figure out a way around it. I think it's a kernel > > problem, not a > > Mandrake problem. Wait til Civilime responds to get > > the most accurate > > and up to date information. I could be wrong or > > taking things out of > > context. > > -- > > Blue skies... Todd > > | Get a bigger hammer! | Sometimes you get what > > you want. | > > | http://www.mrball.net | Sometimes you get > > experience. | > > | http://faq.mrball.net | > > --unknown origin | > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >
