From: Shawn T. Rutledge (rutledge_at_cx47646-a.phnx1.az.home.com)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 20:19:21 EDT
On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 08:08:05PM -0400, George Caswell wrote:
> I haven't gotten quite that far myself. Looking through some list archives
> I did see someone saying they'd done it, but there's no way I could confirm
> that.
Hmmm.
>
> Perhaps the IBM BIOS doesn't report the geometry in a very linux-friendly
> way - if you're booting from LILO or another bootloader that lets you specify
> kernel parameters, you can set the geometry yourself (the hdparm switch, I
> think).
That's an idea but the kernel messages led me to believe it had
detected the geometry correctly... actually it was when it checks the
partitions, not the geometry, that it hung for a while and eventually
timed out.
>
> What kernel are you trying to boot?
Several. I tried the latest Slackware kernels, and tried compiling my
own (2.2.14 probably) so that I could use the "old disk-only driver".
I think I tried with a really old one too, 1.2.? or something like that.
I forget, it's been a couple months. Anyway I got the same results
with all the "normal" kernels, and it was even worse with the "old driver"
versions - I think it didn't recognize the disk at all, or something
like that.
BTW the Slashdot article prompted me to set up a web page, which I've
done very little with so far; but I'm now trying to get ZWiki running
so we can collect ideas and experiences.
http://www.bigfoot.com/~ecloud/730T/
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