Linux folks: Can you get Linux to see both channels on a Promise Ultra100?

[Noriaki]

I've determined that Linux can use a hard drive that's on a Promise Ultra100.

here's the link I read

So I say linux ide2=0x####,0x#### to specify the I/O ranges for the first channel on the Promise. Or I could do it for ide3 with the appropriate numbers. Can you specify both? I have two hard drives in there....my main one has all the important stuff on it, but my 2nd one has Mp3s and stuff like that.

Would it jsut be linux ide2=0x####,0x#### ide3=0x####,0x####

Edit: That didn't seem to work...I could see my main drive, but not my secondary (in the partitioning tool in mandrake setup). I only have Mandrake 7.0 not 7.2, is that a problem?

Pardon my Linux newbieishness but all I've used is Solaris workstations with SCSI disk, or I had linux on my PC once before I had the promise.

 

[Noriaki]

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[Noriaki]

no help for me?

 

[SemperFi]

I used the same page to set up my triple boot on A7V. The big problem I have in giving you an answer is that I have my drives on the same chain. I know, I wasn't thinking when I set everything up. I was not used to having the capability of 8 IDE devices.

In device manager here are the I/O ranges that show up:
8000-8007
7800-7803
7400-7407
7000-7003
6800-683F

When I used Linux as they describe the I/O entries that I got were:
8000
7800
7400
7000
6800

The entry I used was "linux ide2=0x8000,0x7802" without quotes. When I used this line during boot it looks for drives on the second chain. Since I am not using a drive on that chain I can't confirm. If you use the correct numbers I would say it should detect both.

I hope this helps.

 

[crohozen]

Yeah that should work, just follow the instructions you should be fine. Dont forget to edit LILO after you get it working so you dont have to add them at boot all the time