Hi. I have the ASUS A-7V133 Mobo that has regular IDE's that im on now and also has ATA100 IDE's. I searched thru trying to find info on how to set this up but am confused. I heard I have to pass something to the kernel etc. I have the kernel that came with Slack8.1. How do I find out if I have ATA100 built in to my kernel or would I load it as a module? Basically I am going to be moving my cable for harddrive over to the ATA100 so i am going to have to tell this to the kernel and also edit fstab etc. How do I find the address' to the ATA100 connector also?


thanks

As for addressing -

On your motherboard...
PRIMARY controller = /dev/hda (Master) & /dev/hdb (Slave)
SECONDARY Controller = /dev/hdc (Master) & /dev/hdd (Slave)

IDE Cards
Primary controller = /dev/hde (Master) & /dev/hdf (Slave)
Secondary controller ... (take a stab at it.)


Is this the only drive on your system?

Hi
maybe this is of any use, or is what you meant
do a cat /proc/pci and find the info on your promise controller.
my adresses are;
Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x9800 [0x9807].
I/O at 0x9400 [0x9403].
I/O at 0x9000 [0x9007].
I/O at 0x8800 [0x8803].
I/O at 0x8400 [0x843f].
to feed that to your kernel at boot;
ide2=0x9800,0x9402
ide3=0x9000,0x8802
notice the second value; it is increased by 2
good luck

thank you for the addresses .. and yes Mcleodnine I have 2 HDD's but Linux is only on 1 of them as a dual boot, the other is seen from within Win98.

Would The Promise Controller be considered the SECONDARY controller ....
Hell I don't even know what controller is controlling my IDE hookup Im on now. I will have to find out. Is there a COMMAND for finding out which CONTROLLER is controlling my present IDE which on my ASUS is the ATA66 with 2 connectors and then I have an ATA100 below on the motherboard with 2 more connectors (IDE).

thanks for the help guys ....

To see where your drives are you can use (as root) 'fdisk -l'.

A quick layout

IDE0 is the first (Primary)
IDE1 is the second (Secondary)
both of the above would be your controllers on the mobo. Each can have a master and a slave.

IDE2 and IDE3 would be on the Promise controller. (Primary & Secondary again)

Maybe show us the contents of your /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf so we can see where your linux stuff got installed.

cat /etc/fstab >

/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0

cat /etc/lilo.conf >
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda1
label = MicroShaft
table = /dev/hda
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda3
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends