On Thu, February 16, 2006 12:27 am, Frans Pop said: > Please try the following at the shell prompt: > # modprobe ide-generic > # echo /dev/hda*
# echo /dev/hda* /dev/hda* ls /dev shows only console and null - nothing else (both before and after the modprobe). > Could you please tell us which driver your hard disk controller needs? Not sure how to determine that. Under the .12 kernel lsmod shows what ide_core is dependent on the following (most of which are marked [permanent] in lsmod) ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,via82cxxx,trm290,triflex,slc90e66,sis5513,siimage,serverworks,sc1200,rz1000,piix,pdc202xx_old,opti621,ns87415,hpt366,hpt34x,generic,cy82c693,cs5530,cs5520,cmd64x,atiixp,amd74xx,alim15x3,aec62xx,pdc202xx_new If it means anything - under /proc/ide/ - apart from directories for each disk (which contain sets of emtpy files) there is a drivers file (ide-disk and ide-generic) and a via file (which talks about a via southbridge) -- Chris Searle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
