IDE PCI Advice Needed
All,
I am currently trying to build out a new Debian system
and am having some issues with getting the IDE PCI
card drivers installed. I'm relatively new at setting
up Debian and have been working this issue for several
days now. That said, here are the specifics:
System:
Dell Optiplex GX1P, 768MB Ram, 600 MHz CPU (PIII),
33MHz bus w/4 PCI slots, ATI RAGE PRO TURBO video
chip, Bios version A10, IDE (DMA/ATA) on board.
New IDE PCI Card:
Highpoint Rocket 133 (Ultra ATA /PCI - 33/66)
Hard Drives:
Primary Maxtor (20GB)
Secondary Maxtor (250GB) - thus the need for the Ultra
ATA card.
Installtion process:
I installed the new card in the system and connected
the drives as specified in the manual, i.e. set the
jumpers and plugged them into the board.
I am installing from a CDROM disk (Sarge) Linux Kernel
2.4.2-27 (Yes I know it is not the latest available).
When the installation procedure gets to the
recognizing the IDE Drives for setting up the
partitions it fails to find the driver. After checking
the drivers on the RAM disk, I see that the needed
driver "HPT302.o" is not there. I have managed to get
the driver code from Highpoint and compile it against
the 2.4.2-27 kernel on my laptop.
So this is where I am now stuck - How can I get the
HPT302.o driver file into the installation package in
the CD image so that the Debian installer can find it
and load it during installation?
If that is not the best or easiest approach to take, I
would like to know. Otherwise, any advice that you
might have would be appreciated. I mean really,
others must have done this sometime.
Thanks in advance,
Stan
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