2.4 boot disks

[tom@grubby.net]

> really?  hmm.  the debian ide patches (kernel-patch-2.2.17-ide) seems to
> work for me, for both the promise ata/100 controller on my new motherboard
> (Asus A7V) and on the cards Promise PCI cards I just picked up... am I
> missing something here?

Let's get this straight: What I have is the PCI RAID Card called the FastTrak 100, which is the successor to the FastTrak 66. Not that in theory it should be any different from a non-RAID card, but is that what you have which is working?


> 
> > 
> > So, you can do what I did: get a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, then
> > get the ata100 patches from www.linux-ide.org, patch, build, copy to
> > rescue floppy, boot, install, enjoy.
> > 
> > I'd offer a copy of my rescue floppy, but I never succeeded in
> > building driver disks, so I just built the stuff I needed into my
> > kernel, so it probably won't help you.
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