Re: CDROM problem!
Arlindo Sierra Neto said...
> I followed this steps
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-270763.html
>
> My cdrom worked fine.
> The problem is that I have to install debian with kernel 2.4 and then compile an 2.6 kernel with the modification in libata.h
>
> It workerd for me.
Excellent. Could you tell me which kernel you compiled, please. I'm just
downloading 2.6.12-1 to compile, since that is the latest in
testing/etch and hence has a condig file available.
Would it be possible to 'borrow' your config file, please? (Plse email
if it's okay.)
This is my first kernel compile, so I just wanted to check that I'm
starting with the right source. Thanks.
--
Best,
Marc
>
> Thanks to Koen
>
> Arlindo
>
>
> Andrew Porter wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 12:51 +0100, marc wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Andrew Porter said...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 17:20 -0300, Arlindo Sierra Neto wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi!
> >>>>I'm Trying to install Debian Testing on my Acer Travelmate 4654.
> >>>>The problem is that the CDROM is connected on the SATA controller and de
> >>>>HD is connected on the PATA controller.
> >>>>The Debian-Installer don't recognize my cdrom. Even if I load first of
> >>>>all ata_piix. It only finds my hard drive.
> >>>>It has a ICH6 chipset.
> >>>>
> >>>>Does anyone could help me?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >>Could you please explain your solution more fully please. I've added
> >>notes to indicate more precisely what I don't understand.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I got around this by installing with the SATA in "compatible" mode -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>How do you do this?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >On my PC (a Dell Dimension 8400) its an option in the Bios.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>this made it appear as a PATA device.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Once installed and a new kernel setup
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Does this mean that you installed using 2.6.8 then added, say, 2.6.12?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >I think I actually installed a 2.4 kernel in the end.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>I changed it back
> >>>
> >>>
> >>What did you change back?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >The Bios setting - changed it back to SATA mode
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> >
> >
> >
> >>>without any problems (remembering to change root from hda to sda).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>In the grub menu?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Indeed - as the installation was done on /dev/hda but when using the HD
> >as SATA it is /dev/sda
> >
> >My diagnosis of the problem - and I may be way off on this but went no
> >further than getting it working - was that when loading the SATA drivers
> >for some reason the IDE cdrom driver no longer worked/could find the cd.
> >This doesn't seem to be a problem with 2.6.12 (stock debian kernel).
> >
> >
> >
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