Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Jun 1999 23:25:12 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2 Boot problems |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Bill C Riemers wrote:
> Thanks, > > I was very skeptical that it would work. But simply installing the > 2.2.9.uniform-ide-6.19.kilo.patch > was sufficient to correct the problem. My system boots now regardless
This tells me that the BIOS is working and "hda's" has questionable firmware.
> of whether I enable the PIIX option. Although, I decided to use the > kernel with it enabled, just to see if I actually get a performance > boost out of it.
Did you get an improvement?
> The only problem I had with the 2.2.9 kernel once adding the 2.2.9.uni... > patch is that 'make menuconfig' didn't list the option to enable mouse > support or the 'mice' submenu. However, I found the way around the problem > is to instead run 'make config'. Once mouse support is enabled, it shows > up with 'make menuconfig'.
Oh well, us console geeks do it the old fashion way..........
> So now I'm a happy 2.2 kernel user. And I'm even happier to know that > this patch is generally available, and I didn't have to do any strange > hacks.
Rock on Bill............Like I said in the beginning it is not a SuSE issue, it is a driver revision issue. All of this is in 2.3.6 and with a few more test.............it will get back to 2.2.X. Then I get a break to look at other issues.
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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