Re: 3.1 Sarge kernel 2.4 kernel boots Ok, 2.6 fails to detect IDEs.
G'day, All seems to be working now. Thanks.
Last thing to do will be to recompile the kernel to switch on SMP
support. Other than that the latest stable 2.6.13 works well. I had to
create an initrd with the necessary drivers for the SATA drive and
actually built in the CD/DVD driver (I guess that could have been a
module too - but eh if it works the way it is...).
Cheers.
James.
On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 12:06 +1000, james wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 23:33 +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > On Friday 26 August 2005 23:03, james wrote:
> > > I bought a new PC the other day. P4 3.0G with 64Bit extensions.
> > > I tried the install of the 2.6. kernel and the CD/DVD was not detected.
> > > Looking back through dmesg there was stuff about ide ports already in
> > > use - rubbish.
> >
> > Not rubbish actually, but extremely accurate. Watch out with statements
> > like that when you ask for help...
> > See: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/index#errata
> > (the workaround listed there will probably work for you)
> >
>
> Ok. Point taken. Rubbish was possibly no the best choice of
> descriptors - Lets say the message was confusing, until you explain the
> underlying reason ;-).
>
> Have downloaded the latest stable kernel to try.
>
> Thanks for the advice, will let you know if it works for me.
>
> Cheers,
> James.
>
> > Sata support in 2.6.8 kernel is limited. You may want to try the daily
> > builds of the installer using 2.6.12 from:
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/
> >
> > > I noticed the people who assembled it attached the CD/DVD to IDE0 and
> > > the HD to IDE1 - thus the CD/DVD comes out on /dev/hda and the HD
> > > on /dev/hdc.
> >
> > With proper Sata drivers the HD should be recognized as /dev/sda (scsi)
> > instead of ide.
> >
> > > What more info is needed to track down the root cause and get the 2.6
> > > kernel to work?
> >
> > Use newer version of the kernel. 2.6.8 is unlikely to be fixed.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > FJP
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