HELP: 2ndary IDE port and Linux

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From: Timothy Richardson
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 00:00

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My computer has a VLBus EIDE controller. My CD-ROM sits on my second
IDE port, off the controller card. My BIOS doesn't support the second
port; for DOS I use a driver supplied with the card. With no driver, the 
CD-ROM drive isn't recognised by the system. The uncached card uses an 
Atronics 2015PL chip. According to the Linux hardware HOW-TO document,
this chip is not supported; it simply isn't mentioned. 
The supplier's bulletin board has no Linux driver, and so far they haven't
responsed to my email about this.
I have heard that Linux can be booted from DOS. Will this solve my
problem? Or what else can I do? Does anyone use a 2015 board with Linux?

Thanks,

Tim Richardson.

-- 
Tim Richardson, ter@sydney.dialix.oz.au or ter@syd.origin.com.au
Phone/Voice mail: (Mobile) 018 863 899 or +61 18 863 899
Please wake me for meals.

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From: ter@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (Timothy Richardson)
Subject: HELP: 2ndary IDE port and Linux
Date: 1996/05/31
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summary: I need a DOS driver for my EIDE controller card. According to what I have read, Linux does not support my card, based on ATI2015 chipset.  What can I do?