> Hmmmmm... I don't have any IDE controllers or drives, so I have _no idea_.
> I am suprised, I thought that all IDE controllers were backwards
> compatible. Does anyone else know what Linux needs for this to work?
>> Thanks a lot for helping me to mount some NTFS drives. Some of our
>> computers here now come with ATA66 controllers and drives, they don't show
>> up in dmesg and if I try to mount them I get /dev/hdax is not recognized as
>> a block device. Is there support for this?
I suspect that Edward(?) is using a Promise Ultra66
controller. This requires a driver or kernel patch to run
with Linux.
I've heard from one customer that there is a disk image
(installation boot diskette for Red Hat 6.0) available
at the Promise web site. I've also heard that the
driver was integrated into the mainstream kernel sometime
between 2.2.10 and 2.2.12. I don' know if the driver is
available for a 2.0.x kernel or if there will be any
interest in back porting it.
Certainly it would be nice to have Toms Root/Boot support
for itsince it appears to be selling "like hotcakes" as they
say.
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Jim Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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