RE: RE: IDE PCI Advice Needed
Matt,
Yes I had tried to install the 2.6 kernel using both the linux26 and
expert26 commands at the boot prompt. However, both failed. I then checked
the 2.6 Kernel image to see if the HPT302.ko driver was included - it is
not.
Thanks,
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Zagrabelny [mailto:mzagrabe@d.umn.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:21 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: IDE PCI Advice Needed
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 13:32 -0800, Stan Banash wrote:
> All,
>
> I am currently trying to build out a new Debian system
> and am having some issues with getting the IDE PCI
> card drivers installed. I'm relatively new at setting
> up Debian and have been working this issue for several
> days now. That said, here are the specifics:
>
> System:
> Dell Optiplex GX1P, 768MB Ram, 600 MHz CPU (PIII),
> 33MHz bus w/4 PCI slots, ATI RAGE PRO TURBO video
> chip, Bios version A10, IDE (DMA/ATA) on board.
>
> New IDE PCI Card:
> Highpoint Rocket 133 (Ultra ATA /PCI - 33/66)
>
> Hard Drives:
> Primary Maxtor (20GB)
> Secondary Maxtor (250GB) - thus the need for the Ultra
> ATA card.
>
> Installtion process:
> I installed the new card in the system and connected
> the drives as specified in the manual, i.e. set the
> jumpers and plugged them into the board.
>
> I am installing from a CDROM disk (Sarge) Linux Kernel
> 2.4.2-27 (Yes I know it is not the latest available).
> When the installation procedure gets to the
> recognizing the IDE Drives for setting up the
> partitions it fails to find the driver. After checking
> the drivers on the RAM disk, I see that the needed
> driver "HPT302.o" is not there. I have managed to get
> the driver code from Highpoint and compile it against
> the 2.4.2-27 kernel on my laptop.
>
> So this is where I am now stuck - How can I get the
> HPT302.o driver file into the installation package in
> the CD image so that the Debian installer can find it
> and load it during installation?
>
> If that is not the best or easiest approach to take, I
> would like to know. Otherwise, any advice that you
> might have would be appreciated. I mean really,
> others must have done this sometime.
i have not done this, but....
have you tried booting into 2.6 kernel?
boot> linux26
or
boot> expert26
-matt zagrabelny
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