Re: Marvell SATA Driver
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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:15:55 +1100 Vaibhav Agrawal
> <vaibhav@apollolifesciences.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All, I'm not able to install Debian Stable 3.1 r1 on Super Micro
> Server 6014H-T, during installation when it reaches the partition
> hd section, it says can not find any media to partition. I know the
> problem here is the SATA controller which is Marvell (Adaptec)
> 4-port / 8-port SATA Driver (Hercules-II), I can install Windows
> 2003 Server after downloading and installing addition drivers from
> Supermicro website.
>
> The other option i have got is to install SUSE or FreeBSD, but I
> don't wanted to install anything other than Debian.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>
>> google is your friend.
>
>> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#marvell
>
>> A
>
> Regards, Vaibhav.
>
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I successfully compiled and insmod the driver during debian
installation, just before the installer check for partionable media.
Installer found the hard disk and installed the base system and then
reboot. Then it through a kernel panic, after saying "FATAL module
mvSata not found".
I understand the reason for this, the module is on the hard disk which
the system can not use without access to the hard disk.
I also
1. cp mv_sata.ko /target/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-ct-1/kernel/drivers/scsi,
2. update-modules
3. depmod -d /target -a -C /target/etc/modules.conf
but i can't create a initrd image using
mkinitrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-ct-1 2.6.8-2-ct-1
if the image is not correct, it will not load the module and fail
any other ideas???
currently i'm considering other options like
1. have the root partition (containing the module) on a usb stick and
then load the other partition on the sata hard drive later,
2. buying another sata contoller supported by debian
any help will be appreciated.
please don't let me part from debian :(
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== Vaibhav Agrawal ==
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