On Понедельник 01 Сентябрь 2003 01:06 pm, criggie wrote: > I've got access to a Compaq Presario 900 through work, an AMD > Athlon-based machine. > > I've got around a couple of problems, I have to boot with ide=nodma > and nomce according to various web sites. > > So I can get right to the start of the installation procedure, but > both fdisk and cfdisk say "can't open /dev/hda" > > The drive is an 18 Gb Fujitsu 2.5" drive on an ALI controller, and > it is visible in the dmesg output. However, if I reboot from there > and let it start the other installed OS then it sais "NO OPERATING > SYSTEM FOUND" > > It seems that something is shutting down/spinning down the IDE > drive or the controller so that a power off is required to reset > it. > > Anyone got any ideas?
with kernel 2.4.22 you should be all right without any special options. Also I recommend that you subscribe to presario900 mail list: http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/linuxpresario900 Fedor
