On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:49:51 -0800 "Stan Banash" <debian_stan@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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 I'm not too sure how this works, but you need to boot into a kernel that includes that module. but it sounds like the module is not included on the disk. Can you see the disk thats attached to the motherboard (primary Maxtor)? Can't you just install to that disk and then tweak it all later? once you've got a bootable kernel on the one disk, you can install the drivers you need to access the other disk and move on from there. A > > -matt zagrabelny > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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