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SubjectRe: Problems booting PDC20276 with new IDE setup code.
Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> Since 2.4.20 I have not been able to boot Linux using more recent kernels
> (tried 21-pre3, -pre6).
>
> The problem is that my /home is on a raid5 disks array connected to a PDC20276
> motherboard-mounted controller. The BIOS boots and detects all 4 disks, and
> then enables IDE Master mode, as expetced. The kernel in 2.4.20 then uses the
> disks in IDE master mode, but the pre3 and pre6 kernels say the BIOS hasn't
> enabled the controller.

Could you please try 2.4.21-pre7 (this has another batch of IDE updates)
and enable the option
"Special FastTrak Feature"?
In your .config, the option would be
CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y
and report back to the list?

Regards,
Carl-Daniel
--
http://www.hailfinger.org

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