Okay, I found out that the latest 2.3 kernels have preliminary ATA/66 support, and I'm willing to give it a shot. Now I'd like someone to help me make my own custom bootdisk... should I just download the source, compile the kernel locally, and copy the image over to a standard Debian slink bootdisk? And, if so, how do do I make the new kernel NOT install itself on my hard drive? (I will copy /boot and vmlinuz first, of course, but i'd like it if i could configure it to install straght to the bootdisk, of course...) Any tips from anyone?
Colin McMillen Alec Smith wrote: > > My guess is that she's got one of the Promise Ultra ATA/66 controllers > which the kernel (2.0.36) on the boot disks has no clue about. Currently > Ultra ATA/66 support is under development, so I'd expect it very soon in > 2.2/2.3 kernel versions. > > As a work-around, you may try connecting her HD to the motherboard EIDE > controller, then enabling the drive in the BIOS. Be sure to use a standard > IDE cable as the Ultra ATA/66 wire is a different design. It is my > understanding that you can plug an ATA/66 drive into an ATA/33 socket > (motherboard) with no side effects other than the drive acting a little > slower. > > Alec -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.1: 2 hours, 0 minutes without a reboot... The revolution will be complete when the operating system is perfect. (www.debian.org, www.enlightenment.org, www.opensource.org)
