Re: rh7 install problem (still)

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

		Hi Chuck,

> Well,
> redhat, I still (one week later) have no response from you about making my rh7
> install on my machine.
> 
> I would appreciate a response this time.

 I think you have a wrong idea about this list. This is a user list (well, the 
occasional RedHatter comes around). The users on this list are usually very 
helpful, but in no way obliged to you in any way.
 If you want RedHat support, have a look at the documentation that comes with 
your box and find out how to contact RH support.

> I have a promise ata-100 controller and a maxtor ata-100 disk in the machine
> which the rh7 boot floppy kernel doesn't see.  Therefore I cannot install the
> system.
> 
> I believe I need to replace the boot floppy with a boot image that has
> promise drivers, and then I should be fine.

 On your first CD is a driver disk image. I am not sure if this disk contains 
a driver for the Promise ATA-100, but you could give it a try. Or try to find 
an updated driver disk on RedHat's ftp site, or one of its mirrors.
 Another solution is to set the controller to ATA-66 in the bios. This way you 
can probably install RH Linux on your machine, and find out how to install the 
Promise module afterwards. The penalty for running ATA-66 will probably not be 
too big.

					Good luck,

					Leonard.