I wrote to this list once about my problems getting SuSE 6.4 Evaluation working. Installation goes fine. After rebooting, the computer locks up when my Promise Ultra66 is probed for it's IRQ (i'm assuming, it happens after getting addresses and IRQs for IDE 0 and 1.) I tried the following: -chose the "support for many EIDE controllers" kernel in Yast -downloaded and installed 2.2.16 version of the EIDE kernel from suse ftp -compiled a 2.4.0-test8 kernel (kernel panic, could not mount my root FS) -compiled a 2.2.17 kernel with Andre Hedrick's IDE backport from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ -pulled all other PCI cards, tried Promise in other slots -installed kernel from boot floppy -passing parameters to the kernel from LILO, which I read about at http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/udma66.html ...none of which fixed the problem. If I boot from the boot floppy and "Start Installed System" from there, I can use my installation (though USB mouse ceases to work, odd.) If I pull the Promise card, the hd boots fine. I've also tried changing just about everything in the BIOS, thinking maybe something was wrong there. My Abit BF6 motherboard and Promise card both have the latest BIOS versions (BEHUH and 2.00build18, respectively.) The drive i'm installing Linux on is an IBM DTTA-371010, which is hda (primary master on motherboard.) I'm ready to give up on Linux here, I can't for the life of me figure out why I can boot from the boot floppy or CD just fine, but that same kernel won't work from the HD. If anyone has any advice or suggestions before I throw in the towel i'd love to hear it. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
participants (1)
-
autobot@enteract.com