[oclug] Other disks on an auxiliary IDE controller

[Justin Wheeler]

All it takes is for the packagers/maintainers to not put it in the default 
FC3 kernel.  The support is there, but if it isn't turned on, it isn't 
going to work.

Regards,
Justin Wheeler

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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Messier, Jean-Francois wrote:

> But why did all other distros of Linux support this card before, but
> *not* FC3 ?
>
> JF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oclug-bounces at lists.oclug.on.ca
> [mailto:oclug-bounces at lists.oclug.on.ca] On Behalf Of james terris
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 19:26 PM
> To: General Membership Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [oclug] Other disks on an auxiliary IDE controller
>
>
>> 	Yep, those are the Promise card. Not the newest
>> one, but it is
>> known as Promise66. I never had any problem before.
>> Only FC3 is giving
>> me some hard time now.
>
> The cards are being detected by the BIOS right?
>
> Which kernel are you using?
> Have you tried building them into the kernel?
>
> Alternatively, to test getting access to the cards
> you could check the /proc/pci (or whatever the RedHat equivalent is) to
> get the io ranges and irqs and then add the corresponding line when you
> boot up just to make sure your system can access the cards before you
> rebuild the kernel. I'll have to check the exact syntax when I get home
> put it's something like: ide4=0x8000,0x7ffb,11 ide5=0x7ff8,0x7ff4,11 but
> don't put those numbers in! the first two numbers are the io ranges and
> the third number is the irq for that controller. since you already have
> four controllers (0-3) the next one would start at number 4.
>
> I hope this helps...
>
> ttyl,
> james
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oclug-bounces at lists.oclug.on.ca
>> [mailto:oclug-bounces at lists.oclug.on.ca] On Behalf Of james terris
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 16:25 PM
>> To: General Membership Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [oclug] Other disks on an auxiliary IDE
>> controller
>>
>>
>>> 	How can I change the config so FC3 detects this
>>> other IDE
>>> controller and mounts the other disks ?
>>
>> Do you know what type of extra controller you have
>> in your system (brand or chipset)?
>>
>> I'm running a system with two extra controllers in
>> it.
>> With an old kernel I was using (2.2) I had to
>> specify
>> the irqs and i/o ranges when starting up (I added
>> it to lilo.conf as an append line) but with a newer
>> kernel (2.4 I think) I just compiled Promise drivers
>> in and it detected it with no problems.
>>
>> ttyl,
>> james
>>
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