Linux 2.4.1 fails to detect any IDE drives upon boot.

[Richard B. Johnson]

Hello,
A new system upon which I installed RH 7.0. I tried to install
Linux-2.4.1 since that't what all my software is written for...

Linux 2.2.16-22 (Came with RedHat 7.0) shows this upon successful
startup:

VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: FX4830T, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdc: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hdc: no response (status = 0xbf)
hdd: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hdd: no response (status = 0xbf)
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A, 9787MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1247/255/63

Attempts to install Linux-2.4.1 show this upon unsuccessful startup:

VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hda: no response (status = 0xbf)
hdb: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hdb: no response (status = 0xbf)
hdc: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hdc: no response (status = 0xbf)
hdd: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive
hdd: no response (status = 0xbf)

Appropriate ./configs of grep =y, grep =m :

CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_M486=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_STRING_486=y
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER=y
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IPV6_EUI64=y
CONFIG_IPX_INTERN=y
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX=y
CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3=y
CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC4030=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD6580=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TCQ_ON_BY_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_FT_NORMAL_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_FT_STD_FDC=y
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS=y
CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD=m
CONFIG_PARIDE=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PD=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PF=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PT=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PG=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FRIQ=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m
CONFIG_IPV6=m
CONFIG_IPX=m
CONFIG_X25=m
CONFIG_LAPB=m
CONFIG_ECONET=m
CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER=m
CONFIG_PHONE=m
CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_SCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID=m
CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974=m
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO=m
CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380=m
CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO=m
CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T=m
CONFIG_SCSI_T128=m
CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=m
CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=m
CONFIG_ARCNET=m
CONFIG_ARCNET_COM90xx=m
CONFIG_ARCNET_COM90xxIO=m
CONFIG_ARCNET_RIM_I=m
CONFIG_ARCNET_COM20020=m
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m
CONFIG_EL2=m
CONFIG_ELPLUS=m
CONFIG_EL16=m
CONFIG_EL3=m
CONFIG_3C515=m
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
CONFIG_LANCE=m
CONFIG_DEPCA=m
CONFIG_HP100=m
CONFIG_E2100=m
CONFIG_EEXPRESS=m
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO=m
CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS=m
CONFIG_HPLAN=m
CONFIG_ETH16I=m
CONFIG_NE2000=m
CONFIG_PCNET32=m
CONFIG_PCNET32_SEEPROM=m
CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE=m
CONFIG_AC3200=m
CONFIG_APRICOT=m
CONFIG_CS89x0=m
CONFIG_TULIP=m
CONFIG_DE4X5=m
CONFIG_DGRS=m
CONFIG_DM9102=m
CONFIG_EEPRO100=m
CONFIG_NATSEMI=m
CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=m
CONFIG_8139TOO=m
CONFIG_RTL8129=m
CONFIG_SIS900=m
CONFIG_EPIC100=m
CONFIG_SUNDANCE=m
CONFIG_TLAN=m
CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=m
CONFIG_WINBOND_840=m
CONFIG_ACENIC=m
CONFIG_HAMACHI=m
CONFIG_YELLOWFIN=m
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_RCPCI=m
CONFIG_SHAPER=m
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE=m
CONFIG_NVRAM=m
CONFIG_FTAPE=m
CONFIG_ZFTAPE=m
CONFIG_ZFT_COMPRESSOR=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m
CONFIG_ADFS_FS=m
CONFIG_AFFS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_EFS_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS=m
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
CONFIG_CODA_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE=m

Any clues?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).

"Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of
course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation
obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.