On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 09:59:00AM -0800, John E Clymer wrote: > I just got around to installing a new (to me) 164SX motherboard. I > download the latest built ISO and Net Boot images for alpha. I have the > following gripes: > * The installer tries to autoformat as ext3 partitions, but no ext3 > module is available. I believe this has to do with ext3 compilation > problems reported previously on this list. What problems? There most certainly is an ext3 module included with the debian-installer for alpha. > * The installer does not contain the aic78xx module. The 164SX board > supports Adaptec 2940 based boards in SRM, but the D-I does not come > with a module for the aic78xx controller. There are two modules for this series of Adaptec SCSI controllers included in the kernel packages, on alpha as well as on i386: aic7xxx and aic79xx. The discover package knows nothing of an aic78xx module, but the other two modules are included in d-i (in the "scsi-modules" udeb). The list for reporting problems with the installer is debian-boot, BTW. You may want to fill out an install report using the template found in root's home directory on your installed system, and submit it; since (AFAIK) I'm the only person on this list actively working on the alpha version of the installer, filing a formal report with debian-boot is much more likely to get you useful feedback than posting here, even in the case of alpha-specific installer bugs. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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