RH 7.0 & ATA100 question

[Keith Wheeler]

Coolio. I'm just about to do that. Can you please tell me where I might find the newly released RH 2.4 kernel?

Thanks,
KW



plug@arcticmail.com wrote:

> Will an ATA100 drive function on a traditional
> ATA controller?  If so, then you could plug
> the ATA100 drive into a traditional controller
> and get Linux up and running in that configuration.
>
> Then you could either patch the kernel that comes
> with RH 7.0, grab the latest 2.3.xx kernel (if it
> has native support for your ATA100 controller) or
> grab the newly released 2.4 kernel (if it has native
> support for your ATA100 controller).  Compile your
> new kernel with ATA100 support (not as a module),
> install the new kernel, shutdown, move the drive
> from the traditional controller to the ATA100
> controller, verify the current moon phase, pray,
> sacrifice the goat of scape, and boot the system.
>
> HTH,
>
> D
>
> * On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:48:18AM -0700, Keith Wheeler wrote:
> > PLUG,
> > I have recently decided to curtail my support for Bill Gates' empire and
> > I bought RedHat 7.0 Linux yesterday. Now I'm trying to get it installed
> > and it doesn't see my hard drive. I built a system to run it on that
> > looks like this:
> >
> > Asus A7V motherboard
> > AMD Athlon 1000
> > 256MB ECC PC133 SDRAM
> > 45GB ATA100 IBM HDD
> > Toshiba 48x CDROM
> > 2 - Netgear FA-312 10/100 NICs
> > 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP video
> >
> > The A7V motherboard has an onboard Promise ATA100 controller in addition
> > to the traditional ATA66 controller (VIA chipset). It's the Promise
> > ATA100 controller that's the source of the problem. Apparently the Linux
> > 2.2.16 kernel that ships with RH 7 doesn't recognize this controller
> > natively. All the support I've found to date from the Asus web site,
> > Promise web site, Newsgroups, etc. has been kernel patches for RH 6.1 &
> > 6.2. Nothing for 7.0.
> >
> > I understand the RH 2.4 kernel MAY natively support the Promise ATA100
> > controller. But have not been able to find that either.
> >
> > Can someone help or point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > KW
>
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