I'm installing Debian from CD-ROM (2.2r2 since that's what I have lying around).
The hard disk is a RAID array (Adaptec 2100s). I've the driver for it from adaptec for kernel 2.2.19 (and the CD-ROM has 2.2.18pre21 kernel but the driver seems okay?). During a clean install I need to load the driver from floppy right after the keyboard config (the driver is dpt_i2o.o). I can then partition and initialise the hard disk. But what now?????? I end up being asked to create a boot floppy (it skips asking me to install on the MBR with lilo for some reason). I create the boot floppy and reboot but end up with a kernel panic (with mention of block-major-8 and unable to mount root fs) No doubt this is because it can not find any hard disks because the driver (dpt_i2o) is not available - it's still on it's original floppy :-) What is the process from here to get this driver somehow on the boot floppy so I can reboot the machine? Thanks, Graham
