Subj : back in business
To   : MARTIN ATKINS
From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
Date : Sat Dec 25 2004 04:36 pm

-> -> WC> I DID however manage to _start_ the process of installling
-> -> WC> Windows 98 with an old Promise I/O card but the OEM
-> -> WC> software Windows CD failed when it called for a reboot to
-> -> WC> complete installation.

->  -> Wrong OEM for that machine?

-> WC> Nope, original software complete with registration keys.
-> WC> Seems the problem must be Win 98 must see IRQ 14.

-> Are you saying you are trying to install an OEM to a slave drive?
-> I am not suprised it failed.

-> WC> Problem is the software is on CD and the Promise card lacks ATAPI
-> WC> support.
-> WC> Linux sees the drive as being /dev/hde

-> That's even worse. You are trying to install an operating system on
-> IDE 1 Slave. You've got no chance of installing any system unless
-> it has direct access to the MBR. If it is jumpered slave and if your 
-> bios will handle it then slave it to IDE 0. Unplug the master drive
-> and see if it can boot the slave. If you can't do that then it's
-> a tweezer job. Jump the disk master and plug the end of the IDE 0
-> riben into your new disk. Unplug all the other disks except the cdrom.
-> You have zero chance of installing an operating system on /dev/hde   

/dev/hde is the ONLY drive in the machine and jumpered master.
It is seen as third primary channel due to the fact I need
to enable IDE channel zero  and 1 on motherboard I/O  to
access the CD-ROM.
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