kernel 2.4 missing PDC driver Re: installer still not in Sarge ?
I looked into it again and I see the problem happens only with kernel 2.4.
Kernel 2.6 is OK ( install by booting CD-1 and enter "linux26" to boot )
Again, this is :
Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20050122)
Regards,
David
-----Original Message-----
From: "xerces8" <xerces8@butn.net>
To: "Sven Luther" <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, "Bob Hutchinson" <hutchlists@midwales.com>,
debian-testing@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:04:29 +0100
Subject: Re: installer still not in Sarge ?
> From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
>
> > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:39:21AM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
> > > From: Bob Hutchinson <hutchlists@midwales.com>
> > >
> > > > On Monday 07 Feb 2005 08:10, xerces8 wrote:
> > > > > From: Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:37:00PM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
> > > > > > > From: Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:48:06AM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I downloaded the Sarge weekly CD images on 2005-jan-25 ( label is :
> > > > > > > > > Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1
> > > > > > > > > (20050122) )
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > annd se the same hungup as in the the september version.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What hangup? Can you point me to a previous message?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ah, I found my old message :
> > > > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2004/10/msg00005.html
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It is short :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I tried sarge weekly from 20040925 on my athlon (K-7) and it
> > > > > > > fails on first boot with last lines :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > pivot_root: No such file or directory
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > > > Do you still get that message with your more recent install CD?
> > > > >
> > > > > I checked and yes, I get that.
> > > > > It appears the kernel does not find my HD ( and the IDE controller,
> > > > > it is a Promise PDC 20276); hard to tell as the messages fly off the
> > > > > screen too fast. ( any idea how to view them ? )
> > > >
> > > > Not SATA by any chance?
> > > > That requires initrd, so it can boot from a ramdisk and get the SATA drivers
> > > > going
> > > > Just a thought
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Besides , I tried the RC2 installer CD and it works. So how integrated is
> > > > > it ?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > I moved my HD to a VIA IDE adapter and there it all works.
> > > So it seems the PDC driver is lost somewhere.
> >
> > I am not entirely sure, depends on your motherboard, but i think i remember
> > that with my asus A8v deluxe, which has the same configuration as you, the PDC
> > controller was available only in raid volumes and not as normal disk device or
> > something such, i moved the disk to the via controller for now too, and it
> > worked.
> >
> > There is some stuff which would enable the softraid magic to be bios-raid
> > compatible, but i didn't have time to follow up on it.
>
> No, there is no RAID stuff.
> ( bedides, it worked with the installer RC2 "netinst" CD )
>
> Regards,
> David
>
>
>
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