RE: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370

[Alexander]

I´m desperate to install debian eventhough it doesn´t seem to work with me. I had Suse installed a year ago, but I don´t want to put up with there funny rc.config-thingy any more. It seems that my onboard HPT370 controller should be supported on the udma66 floppies. I just got unlucky and so it doesn´t work. I already received a few replies by some other KT7 owners indicating that I´m not alone. I can boot into the setup assistant just fine from the regular 2.2r2 CD, but then I have no harddisk. There´s an option in the setup menu that lets you load modules from floppy, and I tried loading something from the UDMA66 driver1-4 disks, but then I only got an error telling me that the system is unable to mount the floppy (???). Also I´m not so sure if there´s  a useful driver on those disks anyhow. When I boot from the udma66 floppies it just stops half way (see description below) . I really don´t know what more to do. Maybe I could boot from the CD by supplying a bunch of boot parameters, describing my disk. So if you have a clue what I (and many others) could do I would really appreciate if you send me a reply. Under Windows the HPT370 controller(ide2 & ide3 ( counting from 0)) seems to run as a scsi device. If you need any information youst ask me. Thanks a lot. Alexander > Alexander writes: > > > > > Sorry no solution from me. I'm faced with a near identical problem using the HPT 370 on-board controller with a 2theMax BX7 +100 motherboard (actually with five of them). So I'll be interested to see the solution if/when you get one. > > > > Regards > > > > Jon Branch > > > > ------Original Message------ > > From: "Alexander Sawallich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-boot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: December 12, 2000 8:46:46 PM GMT > > Subject: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370 > > > > When I try installing Debian 2.2r2 on my HPT370 Raid/UDMA100 controller, with the UDMA66 boot floppies, the system halts during the boot process. Why? Thnanks for any help. I´m sorry this description got so long, but if someone really wants to help he might need some of the info below. > > > > I´m booting debian from the UDMA66 rescue disk. The disk works fine at my friends computer (Promise UDMA 66 onboard) and I tried several ones with the same result. > > > > When I boot from the Debian 2.2r2 CD I can successfully load the kernel and get into the install menu, but I have no harddisk detected. I tried loading modules from the UDMA66 driver1-4 disks but then I receive an error message saying : "Unable to mount disk". > > > > I also tried booting the UDMA flavor from DOS (loadlin) but then I receive the exact same result as shown below. > > > > If someone knows some really good boot parameters (and exact use) that will get my HPT370 controller to work with the standard flavor, that might also help. > > > > Those are the last boot messages I received. The earlier ones seemed unimportant. > > > > .... > > > > RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size > > > > loop: registered device at major 7 > > > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30 > > > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > > > > VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > > > > VP_IDE: chipset revision 16 > > > > VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > > > VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0:7.1 > > > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hda: DMA, hdb: DMA > > > > HPT370: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 98 > > > > HPT370: chipset revision 3 > > > > HPT370: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > > > ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xe407, BIOS settings: hde: DMA, hdf: pio > > > > ide3: BM-DMA at 0xe408-0xe40f, BIOS settings: hdg: pio, hdh: pio > > > > hda: CDR-8482B, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE > > > > hdb: R/RW 4x4x24, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE > > > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > > > > >>This is were the system stops working. Nothing happens from here on. > > > > At a friends computer the last line was followed by some lines referring to his harddrive : Maxtor ... 512K cache ... > > > > I already tried adding idebus=33 as a boot parameter, but the system just stopped one line earlier. > > > > I´m not running a raid array. I just connected my one and only harddrive to the HPT370 controller to take advantage of the UDMA100 burst speed. > > > > I had the second ide channel (ide1) disabled in the BIOS in case someone wondered. > > > > Here´s a summary of my system > > > > Athlon TB 900 > > > > Abit KT7-Raid Motherboard > > > > IBM DTLA 307030 30GB UDMA100 harddrive connected > > > > to HPT370 onboard Raid controller (ide2 master) > > > > 128MB PC133 SDRAM > > > > Soundblaster PCI 128 > > > > Geforce II MX 32MB AGP video card > > > > SMC 1211TX EZ-Card - PCI network card > > > > USB Mouse > > > > Thanks a lot. 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