Hi! I need to create special Debian installer images, as we have machines here with Promise PDC20378 S-ATA RAID controllers and need to install Woody on them. The driver for this controller was opensourced, but it's only available as a module, so no luck with just building it statically into the kernel. I've googled around for (what felt like) ages, and the best I could find was <http://mail.plug.linux.org.au/pipermail/plug/2004-January/049627.html>. Following the instructions mentioned there I was able to get a custom-built kernel-image.deb and make a bootable Woody CD. However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to create a fitting initrd image where I can place ft3xx.o (for the S-ATA controller). Advice on how to get the installer auto-load that (and scsi_mod, on which it depends) would come in handy, too. Even better, the CD doesn't boot very far, because it can't find _any_ root.bin (I guess that's the name for the initrd image, since there's RAMDISK smeared all over the screen at this step). But as soon as I figure out how to create it I could always place it on a floppy. Any advice/pointers greatly appreciated, since I think I tripled the amount of grey in my hair today ;) cheers+TIA; &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <rw@coretec.at> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 /
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