On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:24:57 -0800 "Stan Banash" <debian_stan@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Guys, > > This where I am to date with the driver. I compiled the hpt302.ko module > and transferred it to a diskette. When the installation process failed to > find the hard disk partition, I did the Alt-F2. I mounted the 3.5 inch drive > and ran an insmod on the /floppy/hpt302.ko module. The install went fine and > after an Alt-F1 was able to continue with the partitioning and installation. > > So that part worked as Hendrik had suggested. However, on reboot the Grub > installer now has a Kernel Panic. The last lines are: > > Pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init this might be your problem: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/10/msg00854.html A > > Anyone have any suggestions on where to go from here? > > Thanks, > Stan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:andrew@farwestbilliards.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 11:45 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: IDE PCI Advice Needed > > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:19:27 -0800 > "Stan Banash" <debian_stan@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Hendrik and Dave, > > > > Thanks for the info it is much appreciated. Dave please send the link, I > > would like to review the info. Although, my situation is not exactly the > > same as yours. In my case the Optiplex bios disables the IDE controller on > > the motherboard when a second one (the Rocket 133) is added. Therefore > both > > my drive (20GB primary and 250GB secondary) are on the Rocket card. The > > latest install attempt (linux26) ran to the point where the disk are > > partitioned. At that point the installer reported that no hard disks were > > present and I could not go any further. > > > > My next attempt will be to compile the HPT302.ko driver on my laptop and > > transfer it to the Optiplex via the floppy drive, as Hendrik has > suggested. > > > > My only question is what do I have to do with the driver file to get the > > installer to recognize it? > > the installer doesn't need to recognize it. You just need to insmod it so > that the installer's currently running kernel can see the hard disk so you > can partition it. So before you get to the partition step, Alt-F2 to a > console and insmod that driver from the floppy. Then alt-f1 back to the > installer and it should see the drive and let you partition it just fine. > > IMO this is an excellent solution Hendrik. > > A > > > > > Please keep up the advice guys. I'm learning a lot here and hopefully > > others are too. > > > > FYI: Dave, I added your response to the chain here so that the record is > > complete. > > > > Thanks, > > Stan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Witbrodt [mailto:dawitbro@sbcglobal.net] > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:32 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: IDE PCI Advice Needed > > > > > > > However, I would still like to know how to get the driver into the > debian > > > installer image. It seems that there should be a way for the installer > to > > > deal with this situation. Like maybe identifying hardware for which no > > > driver is available in the install and asking the user to provide it > > during > > > installation. Any thoughts? > > > > Sorry to jump into this thread so late. I have an old Pentium III > > machine which needed a PCI card to allow me to use newer drives larger > > than 137 GB. I faced almost the same situation you are facing. > > Luckily, I purchased a Rocket 133SB, with an onboard BIOS which allows > > older OSes to use the drives through the card. Windows, for example, > > takes a device driver after the install is complete and allows it to > > use UDMA speeds instead of "legacy mode." > > What I found in the case of Debian was that the installer CD does > > not include the necessary HPT302 drivers, but it _installs_ a kernel > > that does! I was forced to install Debian to the older hard drive > > attached to the IDE controller on the motherboard first; later, I was > > able to manually transfer Debian over to the new, bigger, faster drive. > > If this information is of any help to you, I can provide you with a > > link to the (long) post I made to this list with detailed instructions > > about how I carried out these steps. I'm not using a RAID > > configuration, however, so if that is your intent then you'll have to > > figure out some further details on your own (and with the help of the > > good folks on this list!). > > > > > > Dave W. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hendrik Sattler [mailto:post@hendrik-sattler.de] > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:11 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: RE: RE: IDE PCI Advice Needed > > > > Stan Banash wrote: > > > That is the path I am currently on. So far I have moved the primary > drive > > > (20 GB) over to the IDE controller (Intel 82371 PIIX4 chipset) on the > > > motherboard. The 250 GB drive is set as the secondary on the Rocket 133 > > > IDE > > > controller. I am getting ready to install the 2.4.27-2 kernel from the > > > cdrom. I have already compiled the hpt302.o driver using my laptop > > > running > > > debian sarge (kernel 2.4.27-2). Once I have installed debian on the > > > Optiplex, I plan to move the driver over and run the 'insmod' command. > > > Hopefully that will get the card recognized. > > > > In the installer, press Alt+F2 to get a console. You can load the driver > > from > > a floppy disk from there. > > > > HS > > > > -- > > Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: > > http://www.hendrik-sattler.de > > oder über pgp.net > > > > PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org > > > > > > >
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