LinuxQuestions.org - Slackware on IBM/Hitachi 1G Microdrive

Hi!

At First: Sorry for my bad english - I'm still learning it :D

I'm trying to install Slackware 9 on an embedded PC104 PC with a national Geode GX1 @200MHz, 128MB SD RAM and a Compact Flash 2 socket.

The HDD is an IBM/Hitachi Microdrive with 1GB of space.

The Install Process on the Microdrive is no problem. The only remarkable thing is that I had to exec
hdparm -d0 /dev/hda
to disable DMA before I was able to run fdisk and the Slack Setup.

Lilo is installed in the MBR of hda.

The installation itself works, but if I try to boot the new System, Linux gives a message like this:

hda: IBM-DSCM-11000, ATA DISK drive

[...]

hda: unknown partition table
hda1: bad access: block=2 count=2
end request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 2
EXT3-Fs: unable to read superblock

[...]

It goes on an tries several FS types like Ext2 and DOS.
It ends with a Kernel Panic - unable to mount rootfs

Anybody knows what to do? :confused:

Its really strange because I had no Problems with a 256MB CF Card- here's a little Picture of the whole thing running Linux - it is the control Device for a mobile Robot
w w w . dsh-elektronik.de/arcrobot/PC104_NEW.JPG
(If you are interested, here are some more - but older pictures:
w w w . dsh-elektronik.de/arcrobot/arcrobot.htm

hmm - I must have posted 5 times before I'm able to post a URL?!!! Strange rules... :scratch:
)

Bye,
Sly