[ale] Redhat install help!

[Michael Smith]

It must be.  I have the same drive and have RH 7.0 working just fine.  I
have Win2k on the first partition(10 gig), a beta OS on the second
partition(10 gig), and RH7.0 on the third partition(10 gig).  I use lilo to
boot between all the OSes without any problems.  

One thing to note is the cabling.  I have heard that anything above ATA33
UDMA-3 requires a 80 pin IDE cable.  My mobo came with one so I don't know
if this make any difference.  My mobo also supports ATA100 UDMA-5.  This
might be another reason why mine works.  Just an FYI, my mobo is a ASUS
CUSL2.

-----Original Message-----
From: JB Wells [mailto:jbwellsiv at yahoo.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:28 PM
To: erikweber at mindspring.com
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Redhat install help!


I've been told that only RH 7.0 supports ATA100. 

Good luck,
John



--- erikweber at mindspring.com wrote:
> Hello. Forgive my ignorance please.
> 
> I have a new IBM 7200 RPM 30GB ATA100 UDMA-5 hard
> drive which has Windows 98se on the primary active
> partition. There is an extended partition, and
> within that, a logical partition for linux. They
> were set up using Partition Magic.
> 
> I am trying to install RedHat 6.1 from a CD-ROM. 
> 
> The problem seems to be that RedHat cannot recognize
> my hard drive.
> 
> When booting, I can see it probing for the drive,
> and then I get:
> 
> "hda:  no response."
> 
> I have tried going into expert mode and trying to
> specify a couple of different drivers. I also
> downloaded the Ultra 100 controller from Promise.com
> and tried using it when RedHat asks for the driver
> disk, but it tells me the disk is not valid. (I'm
> positive I don't know what the hell I'm doing here.)
> 
> I also tried this at the boot: prompt:
> 
> linux hda = 3737,255,63
> 
> (I got these numbers from partition info.)
> 
> Still no luck.
> 
> I have slogged through two installation books and
> seemingly miles of online documentation but cannot
> find a mention of this problem, accept that a couple
> of people said the IBM drives can be tricky. No
> elaboration. All this documentation assumes too much
> knowledge!
> 
> I really need Redhat 6.1 because some development
> software I need requires it.
> 
> Can anyone out there help me?
> 
> I would sincerely appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erik
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