-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ieb wrote: > Hi, I'm new to the list (and to Debian) so Ihope I'm not breaking > protocol here by attaching a related question to this thread (However > some groups want all separate questions even if they repeat very nearly > that of another, if this is the case here then I apologise). > > 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 device file 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? >
Ian, 1) You don't need to post messages twice, although this was probably an oops. 2) You'd be much better off with Etch on a new system. Sarge is old. Etch is about to be marked stable, so if you install it now, you'll have a quite stable system with perhaps a few updates. You can get the etch install CD or DVD from: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ If you have a good internet connection, pick the daily net-install. You can also choose AMD64 version if you want. That will give you all 64-bit apps rather than just the kernel. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF9SbxiXBCVWpc5J4RAoAxAKCD9UP6MwNwQs2FAuDS1UsxD439jwCeNIEl Cx7UvQLmgOCgkoYYPqVupuU= =IN9v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
