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by **Syed Irfan Raza Zaid** » Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:45:24

Hi, I have a Promise Ultra ATA 100 controller with Maxtor 40GB hard disk. I
have made 6 GB linux ext2 partition in extended partition and 256 MB linux
swap drive as well. When I try to install linux 7.0. After taking
information about the keyboard and other things it says cannot create files
sytem.........Do i need to install some kind of driver for ultra
ATA.......Can some body help me about this......where can i find this
driver.........thanx......in advance

irfan

by **Tracy Malkeme** » Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:30:40

I am kind of a newbie, but I have a promise ultra ata 66 controller. I had
a similar error when installing Caldera 2.3. The install program wouldn't
even recognize that I had a hard drive. I didn't know that it was even
possible to obtain drivers for this controller, so I opened up my computer
and connected the hard drive to the ATA 33 controller. Voila! The
installation program recognized my hard drive. That is my work around, but
if you find drivers please get back to me. I am guessing the kernel
doesn't support anything higher than 33 yet.

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by **Gianluca Alberic** » Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:59:37

> I am kind of a newbie, but I have a promise ultra ata 66 controller. I had
> a similar error when installing Caldera 2.3. The install program wouldn't
> even recognize that I had a hard drive. I didn't know that it was even
> possible to obtain drivers for this controller, so I opened up my computer
> and connected the hard drive to the ATA 33 controller. Voila! The
> installation program recognized my hard drive. That is my work around, but
> if you find drivers please get back to me. I am guessing the kernel
> doesn't support anything higher than 33 yet.

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Hi,

have you got a promise based upon pdc20265 ? If so im afraid it is not
supported but a guy from japan
wrote a patch for it. Kernel 2.4 should support 20267 but 20265 was kinda
'forgot' (?). I would like to have some infos about pdc2026x support on linux
so if you get some
fresh meat please tell me some.

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Help : Cannot create file system error during installation : linux 7.0 (ULTRA ATA 100 Error ???)

Help : Cannot create file system error during installation : linux 7.0 (ULTRA ATA 100 Error ???)