[ltp] new bios for 770Z (ioet21ww)

[Bill Mair]

Fabrice Bellet wrote:

> I just tried the new bios (1.03) for 770Z, labelled ioet21ww.
> After the upgrade, linux crashed at boot time, just after
> it failed to probe the IDE HD.  (Changelog says that
> "The system now forces UltraDMA mode for Docking IDE to UltraDMA
> mode2." : this may be the cause of the pb ?)
>
> --> kernel-2.3.20 : even is you force the hda=1826,240,63 geometry,
>     the kernel crashes anyway.
> --> kernel-2.2.13 : you can boot successfully with this lilo param.
>
> Reverting to previous ioet19ww worked fine to me.

I remeber some 600er users saying similar things about a BIOS update
for their systems.

As an old and very wise man once said: "If it works, don't fix it."

Bill.

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