> > > Is the info in the IDE documentation about the tertiary port any help?
> >
> > Not particularly. I've tried using the kernel boot parameters it mentions,
> > but the kernel seems *convinced* that the IDE port is in use.
> >
> > LILO boot: Linux ide2=0x1e8,11 hde=cdrom
> ^^ I think this is wrong.
> Docs say you can leave out the IRQ number, but you need the port number.
By that point I was desperate. :)
> Shouldn't that be 'ide3=0x1e8,0x03ee,11' for the tertiary (third) controller?
I think ide3 is quartenary(sp). ide0 is primary, ide1 is secondary, ide2
tertiary, and ide3 is the fourth.
I got it working this morning, though. Basically, I changed the card
settings to some odd ones (odd according to the PnP Manager, not that I
trust it), and it booted fine. Someone mailed me and told me to look at
/proc/ioports -- I wish I'd known about that one sooner. Seems that Linux
allocates those addresses for a serial driver.
Oops. :) So the problem wasn't the kernel, but my ignorance of the
diagnostic capabilities of the /proc filesystem. :)
I thank everyone for all the help.
Regards.