[ale] install on a maxtor ata/100/20 gig disk

[cshobe at softhome.net (Casey Allen Shobe)]

> Sure, the add-in cards work just fine.  Linux has this nasty habit of
> noticing your on-board IDE even if you turn it off in BIOS.  This means
> if your boot device is on the add-in card it winds up being named
> /dev/hde[1234]

That's not a nasty habit.  The fact that linux is not limited by the BIOS
has been quite helpful many many times.  For example, on old systems that
have hard drive size limitations, Linux is not affected...  Lack of this
"nasty habit" results in an operating system like Windows, where if your
bios supports 500mb or 8gb, that's all you can use.

> You can fix this by building a custom kernel, when in menuconfig choose

This suggestion works, but is unneccessary.  There's no reason you can't use
/dev/hde as your boot device.

Hope this helps,

- Casey Allen Shobe

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