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List:       suse-axp
Subject:    Re: [suse-axp] How to hide a drive from MILO
From:       Rich Payne <rdp () talisman ! alphalinux ! org>
Date:       2000-02-29 14:04:36
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Alphas are not like PCs in that respect, MILO can boot from any device it
has a driver for. Whether it's IDE or SCSI should be irrelevant, as long
as the root file system is correct. 

As for why this is hanging? Maybe MILO is trying to init the promise card
with whatever IDE driver is built in? That's a guess at best....

--rdp


On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, izaak wrote:

> I think your problem isn't MILO but the system design.  Alpha boards with 
> IDE are designed almost just like peecees in that if there is an IDE drive 
> present it must be "c:".. which is of course the boot drive.  even if you 
> have a scsi adapter with bios, the IDE drive takes precedence.
> 
> I imagine your XL is doing the same thing.
> 
> izaak
> 
> At 09:45 PM 2/28/00 +0100, Michael Westphalen wrote:
> >I successfully installed SuSE AXP 6.3 on my Alpha XL-300's SCSI
> >harddisk. I would like to attach an IDE harddisk with a Promise Ultra-33
> >PCI IDE-controller.
> >
> >With no harddisks attached, the Alpha boots nicely, and the kernel
> >recognizes the IDE controller. However, as soon as I attach a drive, MILO
> >get's stuck in the 'Please wait while setting up devices...' loop.
> >
> >It seems MILO senses that there is a new harddisk, but is only compatible
> >with SCSI.
> >
> >Is there some way to hide this IDE-harddisk from MILO?
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
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Rich Payne
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