Hpt372 and RH 9 compatibility

batai37 · 05-27-2003, 02:17 PM

Hi,

I searched but didn't see a definitive answer to my question, apologies if I missed it and this post is redundant. My question is I want to install RH9 on a non-RAIDed HD on a Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra board that uses the hpt372 controller, and my understanding is that kernel 2.4.20 has out-of-the-box support for this controller negating the need for the installation of the linux Highpoint 372 drivers or otherwise customized kernel for RH9 to see the drive. Is this true? I don't intend to build a RAID array, but the drive is attached to the IDE connector controlled by the hpt372 chip BIOS (because I have a lot of devices, otherwise I'd just connect the drive for linux on IDE 1). I have installed RH 7.3 before, and it was a nuisance creating the customized driver installation disk (from what I've read a lot of people find the hpt372 controller to be a nuisance in general!). So would I be correct in assuming I don't have to do this with RH9 with the current stable kernel version? TIA for any help!

finegan · 05-29-2003, 03:58 AM

Nope, 2.4.21-pre3 I think was when they finally backported support for the HPT372 and 374 into it, but until then you still have to make a funky boot disk via the drivers from HighPoint.

Code:

Linux Kernel v2.4.21-rc3-xfs Configuration
 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq
  lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq HPT36X/37X chipset support qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
  x CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366:                                                  x
  x                                                                         x
  x HPT366 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-66.                              x
  x HPT368 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-66 RAID Based.                   x
  x HPT370 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-100.                             x
  x HPT372 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-133.                             x
  x HPT374 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-133.

Code:

Linux Kernel v2.4.20-xfs Configuration
 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq
  lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq HPT366/368/370 chipset support qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
  x CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366:                                                  x
  x                                                                         x
  x HPT366 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-66.                              x
  x HPT368 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-66 RAID Based.                   x
  x HPT370 is an Ultra DMA chipset for ATA-100.                             x
  x                                                                         x
  x This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single             x
  x interrupt.

Cheers,

Finegan

batai37 · 05-29-2003, 08:37 PM

Actually it does as I've found out - RH9 2.4.20-8 apparently has native support for the hpt372 (and I believe this is documented on the RH website), you don't need a hpt372 driver disk (if you're *not* using a RAID array), and you don't need to compile a custom kernel like in 7.3. I know this since I'm using RH9 right now

I'm dual booting Win2k Pro/RH9 with RH on my 3rd HD and invoking Grub from the Windows NTLDR menu - for those of you out there wondering, it is entirely possible to dual boot with Linux on another HD with the boot loader *not* installed in the MBR but rather on the drive the RH boot partition resides on. I've read several opinions to the contrary, but I used the linux boot sector copy trick and it works perfectly and it doesn't screw around with the MBR or otherwise interfere with the Win2k boot loader. And I can't believe I actually got the nVidia drivers installed, although I haven't discovered yet how to enable 3d hardware acceleration - going through the nvidia installation manual now. Now if I can just get my stupid Santa Cruz soundcard working I'll be happy. Thanks for your input.