Re: Re: SATA - How to access disk ???
Hi, I'm new to the list (and to Debian) so I'm not too sure of the
protocol here... but I have a related question, so thought I'd tag mine
onto this. (However some groups want all separate questions even if
they repeat very nearly that of another).
I too can't get the boot sequence to read the SATA, but I've determined
that in my case (and possibly the original posters) it's because the
initrd image doesn't contain the driver for the disk.
I am struggling to build the initrd image.
Some background:
I have been a 'user' (rather than technical administrator) of linux for
about 6 years running various flavours of Mandrake - with MNDRK-10 since
it was released on my old PIII-dual processor box.
3 weeks ago I decided to upgrade both my OS and machine. I bought a
brand new fast PC with AMD64 Athlon - 300gig SATA - and onboard NVIDIA
chips, without pausing to think about driver support. With
Mandrake/Mandriva's drive to 'sell' packages and support I decided it
time to dump them. I got the full set of Debian Sarge 3.1r5 [but for
the i386 rather than 64bit AMD] to go with new machine.
Cutting a long story ... couldn't get it to work. Downloaded kernel
that someone else had built with SATA support... it worked but no
graphics (no NVIDIA). Decided to build my own kernel based upon 3.6.8
for 64bit. Compiled for NVIDIA/SATA/AMD-64/etc.... (NOTE very steep
learning curve - 'in at the deep end' - never done anything similar
before - but seems to have worked).
BUT... still wont boot because can't 'see' the SATA... have rooted
around and detremined that it fails still within the RAMDISK. The image
doesn't contain a device entry for the disk so it can't see it.
Have read 7 different versions of how to create a ramdisk image for the
initrd, but they are all confusing to say the least ... and I can't get
it to work.
Can anyone help with a plain-english 'idiots-guide' for this idiot?
Thanks.
Ian
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