Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:47:48 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2 Boot problems |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Bill C. Riemers wrote:
> So in simplier terms. You recommend I install a Linux partition onto the > Maxtor drive, unplug the Winsdor drive, and see if the 2.2 kernel will boot.
This has nothing to do with Windows. This is a pure hardware incompatablity issue, I think it all so has a PIIX twist.
> I'm not too encouraged about the idea that the 2.0 kernel can handle > hardware that the new kernel can't, especially since there is no > detectable hardware problem. But I will try it.
We rock the hardware and throttle the performace much more in 2.2/2.3 than in the past.
Before you crack the case.......pick up a patch first.....
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
Enable the PIIX option. This will reprogram the hardware at init based on the Intel's specs. I said that you are a candidate for this override.
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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