On Thursday 10 July 2003 03:17, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:10:04PM +1200, cr wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 July 2003 01:33, Pigeon wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:23:25PM +1200, cr wrote: > > > > I believe I also probably need sg and sr_mod. Can they also be > > > > loaded via modprobe? And - this is probably a stupid question but, > > > > where would I find these modules - sg, sr_mod and ide-scsi? insmod > > > > can't find them - > > > > > > > > insmod: sg: no module by that name found > > > > > > > > I can't find them anywhere on my system, nor listed by name on the > > > > complete Debian Woody CD-rom contents list that I keep handy. > > > > > > Unless someone pops up saying "Debian kernel version xxxxxx does > > > contain these", sounds like you'll need to compile a new kernel, with > > > SCSI generic support, SCSI CD-ROM support and SCSI emulation enabled > > > as modules. (Just to confuse you, SCSI emulation is listed under > > > ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support, rather than under SCSI support.) > > > > > > How to do this sort of thing, while retaining all your existing > > > settings, has been discussed recently; search the list archives with > > > "oldconfig" among your keywords. > > > > > > Mind you, I'd be rather shocked if there wasn't a Debian kernel with > > > these modules already included. I always build my own kernels direct > > > from kernel.org sources, so I don't know what the options are for > > > stock Debian kernels, but doubtless someone else on the list does! > > > > I'd be surprised if one of the stock kernels on the CD's didn't include > > ide cd-rom support, considering that *every* PC these days has a cd-rom > > drive. > > "IDE CD-ROM support" is not the same as "ide-scsi emulation".
Sorry, I was thinking a bit vaguely there. > > In fact I've just managed to find a document I stashed called > > 'images.html' that says: > > > > idepci image: > > The idepci flavor contains a kernel with only IDE and PCI support. It > > is geared towards modern PCs without SCSI controllers. If you have > > SCSI, you should be using the 'compact' flavor rather than this one. > > That's talking about real SCSI, with a SCSI controller card talking to > devices over a SCSI bus. Again, not the same as ide-scsi. > > > So, is the vmlinuz kernel just the /idepci/linux.bin file copied and > > renamed? If I just do the same with .../current/linux.bin and rename it > > appropriately (and adjust Grub's menu.lst file) will it work? > > (More importantly, if it doesn't, will it break things? ) > > Wrong way of doing it. apt-get install kernel-package-whatever is the > way to install a new kernel. I downloaded the .deb package from www.debian.org and installed it with Kpackage (which I think is a front end for apt). So far as I can see the Woody cd-rom contains the kernel images but not as deb packages. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
