Re: 2.6: Where'd my HD go?

["Peter N. M. Hansteen" <peter@datadok.no>]

>Since I hadn't done anything beyond installing, I decided to blast it clean
>and install 2.6.  The 2.6 boot disk seems to have trouble recognizing my
>circa-1994 system's EIDE controller, where 2.5 had no trouble at all.  I've

I had a similar problem with an early pentium. 

Try "boot -c" at the boot: prompt, then "disable pciide". 

after your first successful boot, config -e is your friend. See the config
man page and/or the faq for details.

- Peter

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