Re: Right, I tried flashing the BIOS, as suggested, and /still/ can't enable SMART

John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com)
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:09:58 +0000 (GMT)


> I can't boot without having my boot-system on /dev/hde, rather than
> /dev/hda...

rm /dev/hda
rm /dev/hde
mknod hda b 33 0
mknod hde b 3 0

John.

> I /think/ that if the BIOS can initialize the Promise chip, that it is
> (theoretically) possible for the kernel to initialize the chip to
> function correctly, but if Promise /won't allow/ paid-for chips to
> function in a way that gives us the reliability-system we paid-for, then
> the simplest solution is:

To do what I did with my Promise card - use the IDE ribbon cable that
came with it, and leave the card in the box on the shelf :-).

John.
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