Bug#244539: firewire not supported
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De : "Colin Watson" cjwatson@debian.org
A : "JP Moins" jp.moins@laposte.net,244539@bugs.debian.org
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Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:36:08 +0100
Objet : Re: Bug#244539: installation-reports
> reassign 244539 linux-kernel-di-powerpc
> retitle 244539 linux-kernel-di-powerpc: firewire not supported
> thanks
>
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:53:23PM +0200, JP Moins wrote:
> > Method: Netinst CD willing to install on external Firewire disk
>
> Thanks for trying this; I think you're the first. :)
>
> > Load installer modules: [ E ] -> sbp2 ieee1394 ohci1394 raw1394 (?)
> > missing to make external
> [...]
> > I like my OS X.3 machine; I would love to run linux on the side, on a
> > removable FW drive.
> > This is doable, but the installer needs to provide the firewire
> > modules.
>
> That's odd. All of the above, with the exception of raw1394, are built
> directly into the current installer kernel.
>
> Is raw1394 needed? If so, I'll gladly add it.
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
>
Hello Colin,
Thanks for being so reactive. 2 things:
a) raw1394 needed : I am a monkey-do type of linux expert, don't take this for granted but I think raw1394 was required for 2.4 kernels and is not needed in 2.6 (I am slowly building gentoo using 2.6.3-benh2 kernel, disk access is perfect and I used the following: "modprobe sbp2 <wait a bit> modprobe ohci1394". ieee1394 gets loaded by sbp2. raw1394 is *not* in there).
At the time I experienced with 2.4(.21-benh ?) I couldn't get a stable mount for the drive so my experience is limited. Howto's (see bill fink's at http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-October/010501.html) mention raw1394. Also for 2.4 kernels was the need to use the "rescan-scsi-bus.sh" script.
b) FW drivers built in the kernel : OOOPS! I didn't figure this (I would have tried harder). Normally my drive shows up as "/dev/sda", I was offered no partition to mount on /dev/sda in the installer so I concluded modules were missing.
I can try again activating the FW drive w/ the installer if you wish (this evening, Paris/france time).
=> Please : i) ask me to try again explicitely; ii) any hint on how I can summon the FW drive to map to /dev/sda ? echo add-scsi-device X X X X > /dev/scsi/scsi ??
Regards,
--JPM
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