Linux Installation on IDE 3 or 4 /ATA 100

[twong82]

I tried installing Red Hat Linux 7.2 on my hard drive which is connected to IDE 3/ ATA 100 and the installation could not continue because it could not detect my hard drive. So, I connected my hard drive to IDE 1 and the installation detects my hard drive and the installatin continues. I am wondering if I can connect my hard drive to IDE 3 and let Linux detect my hard drive there so I don't use IDE 1 or 2. Can anybody help?

 

[zzzz]

I think you will find some information here. It is for Bp6 which has the HPT366 controller. You might have to change some aspects of it, basically, once you install linux, you have to patch your kernel to get that particular controller support. and then modify lilo before you put the drive back to the IDE3.
Or if you have the KT7 raid(HPT370), mandrake 7.2 has support for it and so does gentus 3a.
zzzz

 

[SUOrangeman]

You need to pass some parameters to the linux kernel ***before** the install begins. The line you will need is something ***like***

linux ide2=0xa400,0xa802 ide3=0xb000,0xb402

Thos crazy hex values (0xa400, etc.) are I/O parameters for the ATA-100 IDE ports. I wish I could do a better job of describing how you get those values. I just got mine from Windows device manager. Notice, the second value in each case is +402 of the first.

Lemme see if I can find a better link.

FWIW, Mandrake 7.1 & 7.2 installs do this automagically.

-SUO

 

[Zach]

I thought redhat was 7.0 now?

 

[fogleroller]

yEAH where can I get RH 7.2?

 

[Jaraxal]

He said that MANDRAKE Linux 7.2 supports it automagically. RH7 does not.

 

[SUOrangeman]

RedHat 7.2 was mistakenly mentioned in the first post, I presume.

I just want my 2.4 kernel.

-SUO