Re: Compaq Contura Aero and 2.6

From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen (newsgroups_at_asbjorn.biz)
Date: 06/06/05

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    Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:50:43 +0200

    On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 12:27 +0000, Jim wrote:
    > [snip]
    >
    > If that doesn't solve things, you might try a DDO such as DiscWizard
    > (available for drive-specific download at www.ontrack.com). The generic
    > DiscWizard software is payware; the free version is good for IBM/Hitachi
    > Deskstars, Travelstars, Seagates, and Maxtors (not sure on Western
    > Digital). If you have any of these drives already present in your
    > system, the workaround goes thusly:
    > 1. Disable drive detection for the channel your new (to be formatted)
    > drive is on.
    > 2. Boot using the DiscWizard software. It should detect the new drive
    > if you have at least one manufacturer-specified drive present according
    > to the software version you downloaded.
    > 3. Partition and format the new drive using DiscWizard.
    > 4. Save and exit settings.
    > 5. Remove floppy and reboot.
    >
    > Your new drive should now be picked up by the kernel. It worked for me
    > (Knoppix/Debian kernel 2.6.3) with no more issues, on a custom build
    > around a Via K5 chipset (Ali Aladdin V Pro board) and a 100GB Seagate
    > Medalist U5 drive (which the board natively couldn't even pick up)

    I think you forget that this machine is 11 years old (1994), and the
    latest BIOS is from '96. It has a RS232 port, from which I get around
    2kbps. And then it has a pcmcia slot. It can boot from the pcmcia floppy
    drive, if present. EZ-drive BIOS is needed because the MBs BIOS can't
    handle more than 6.4 GB disks, it simply fails during boot.

    The setup with EZ-drive works fine in 2.2 and 2.4, but fails in 2.6.

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