Re: replacement for ide-generic in Wheezy?
Hello Gary,
On 08/08/13 11:39, Gary Dale wrote:
> The various ide modules (ide-generic, ide-cdrom, etc.) seem to be missing in the Wheezy kernel. However they still compile a 486 kernel so I'm assuming there is some intent to continue to support older hardware.
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> In my case, I have an old laptop that I could run Squeeze on by including ide-generic in the /etc/initramfstool/modules file. However the same thing doesn't work in Wheezy because there is no ide-generic module.
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> Googling around, I found one post that suggested it's been superseded by libata but I can't find that either.
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> Is 486-era hardware still supported in the newer kernels or is this a lost cause?
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I guess that it is still supported by the kernel, but not by the kernel deb package as distributed by debian.
You may build your own kernel, and the following link is a good place to start:
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org
hth,
Jerome
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