Geert Stappers wrote:
Op 23-10-2006 om 09:50 schreef Jacob L. Anawalt:Geert Stappers wrote:Op 20-10-2006 om 13:45 schreef Jacob L. Anawalt:Now I understand better what you mean with:I think I could install off of a CD image installer using all-generic-ide if they were compiled in.It could indeed that IDE modules are not loaded for your hardware. When switching to VT2 is possible for you in d-i, then I suggest that you manual `modprobe IDE-modules`. (And please provide feedback.)
Unfortunately I don't believe that helps as clarified by this post:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=249655
The important bit in linux-2.6-2.6.17/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c:
#ifndef MODULE
static int __init ide_generic_all_on(char *unused)
{
ide_generic_all = 1;
printk(KERN_INFO "IDE generic will claim all unknown PCI IDE
storage controllers.\n");
return 1;
}
__setup("all-generic-ide", ide_generic_all_on);
#endif
So, if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE is a module, all-generic-ide is a no-op as far
as the kernel is concerned. This was from linux-2.6_2.6.17.orig.tar.gz +
linux-2.6_2.6.17-9.diff.gz. That block of code is the same in
linux-2.6-2.6.16 with linux-2.6.16_2.6.16-18.diff.gz.
-- Jacob