Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: More ATAPI/IDE fun. (zip drive this time) | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 1999 03:03:15 +1100 (EST) |
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Andre M. Hedrick wrote the following: > > On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, CaT wrote: > > > > As for your multi-mode errors, the original changes that I made around > > > 2.1.122 were stubbed out, but you can enable them easily. > > > > > > Apply this, "ide-2.2.0.8.pat1", to give you the option of multi-mode config. > > > > > > The other option is to edit ./drivers/block/ide.h at line #34 > > > > > > #define INITIAL_MULT_COUNT 0 /* off=0; on=2,4,8,16,32, etc.. */ > > > #define INITIAL_MULT_COUNT 1 /* off=0; on=2,4,8,16,32, etc.. */ > > > > Applied that too... (erm.. both of them) > > I realy would like to know if both work individually.
No worries. I'll try it with pre9 which I've just setup and all. One, then the other. should be easy enough.
> The idea was to determine if changing the INITIAL_MULT_COUNT value to ONE > as a default option would fix the error without the need of the actual > patch. Since I am looking beyond the current state of distrutions,
I think I just had a braindead moment and just shoved everything in there ;)
> no one () will like to have to do double builds of bootdisks. > Much less the average JOE, newbie or enduser, will not want to have to > guess which to use. > > I do not want this to look like a MicroSoft Win98 install that took > two-hours to press the enter key from rolling and laughing on the floor. > > "Should your computer halt, please reset and continue with the install" > Mind you that anybody who did not roar aloud must not understand /dev/null.
That was amusing. :)
> > > Please let me know if it goes away with either or both of these options. > > > > Well, in my sheer desire to get it all right I applied all that was > > mentioned above and a patch that got rid of the assembly strstr(), > > > > all in all the results so far are: > > > > * multimode errors no longer reported (I did turn the config option on) > > I really need to know if this is resolve if we change the value of > INITIAL_MULT_COUNT with the option off works.
No worries. I'll see if I can do it with pre9. (or final as it wants to call itself :)
> > * zip drive actually works now too. mounted and happy at this very > > moment. > > The UGLY zip fix would work, regardless of the strstr() error.
*nod* cool. ok. shove that in also if the problem presents itself again in pre9.
-- CaT (cat@zip.net.au) URL: http://www.zip.com.au/dev/null
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