Re: [Sheflug] A potential Linux user needs help to get started

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Matt Fairtlough wrote:

> Abit KA-7 100 motherboard
> 256MB PC 133 memory
> Athlon 800MHz CPU
> Diamond Viper 770 ULTRA graphics
> IBM internal 45GB Deskstar 75GXP hard disk

> Yamaha 8824 internal CD-RW
> Pioneer 10x internal DVD
> IDE internal 250MB Zip

This stuff all looks fine (and pretty nice :). I've had trouble with Zip
drives working OK in the past though.

> The shop tells me that a) the only motherboards available are now 100MHz
> and b) they think that Linux distributions may not work with them, or that
> a patch or new kernel must be downloaded for Linux to work.  Does anyone
> know if either a) or b) or both are true?  And if so, how to get hold of
> a Linux version that supports the 100MHz bus speed.

Andre Hendrick (The ATA Guy) has added ATA/100 support in the development
kernel branch but it isn't necessary as most boards fall back nicely to
ATA/66 or 33. The machine I am writing this on is based on the previous
incarnation of the VIA Super South Bridge that does ATA 66 and things seem
to work just fine. If you need the speed then you may have to wait a
while for it to stabilize (it WILL be in 2.4) but it is in the latest
development kernel (2.4.0-test2). 
 

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