maybe u have to recompile your kernel and enable advancesys support before you can access to it. If u really rely on advancesys, you may try booting from knoopix livecd. I'm sure knoppix has wider range of drivers compile in their kernel.
On 5/7/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/6/2005 2:49 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > On 5/6/2005 10:39 AM Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > >> I've used FreeBSD for about 4 years but am new to Linux. After > >> starting with Fedora Core 3 two weeks ago, I quickly learned about > >> "rpm hell" once I built a custom kernel to support my hardware. I > >> missed the ports system with which I was familiar in FreeBSD. > >> Several people suggested Gentoo might be a better distro for what I > >> wanted so I checked out the site and liked what I saw. > >> > >> So no I have a minimal 2005.0 LiveCD booted and am logged in via > >> ssh. I'm following the installation handbook section 4 regarding > >> partitioning. However I don't seem to have my SCSI drives > >> available. I have 3 drives in the system as follows: > >> > >> 160 GB IDE drive attached to the PATA (or IDE) connector on a Promise > >> 150 SATA controller. > >> 18 GB SCSI drive attached to an Advansys card > >> 36 GB SCSI drive attached to an Advansys card > >> > >> The only device I seem to have is /dev/sda1 which fdisk reports as a > >> 163 GB drive. So I assume that this is my IDE drive seen as a SCSI > >> device because it's attached to the Promise SATA controller? And if > >> my assumption is correct, how can I enable the Advansys controller? > >> If possible, I'd prefer to do it without rebooting because I won't be > >> near the console for about 7 more hours. I'm at work. System is at > >> home. > > > > > > After spending most of the day Googling, it appears that I need a file > > called advansys.ko (that has been compiled appropriately) in > > /mnt/livecd/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/scsi. Then I > > could load it with 'modprobe advansys'. Is this correct? > > > > If it is, can anyone tell me if the advansys module is available on > > older installation CDs? There is some indication that it used to > > exist. Also, I have an advansys driver disk I downloaded which worked > > when installing Fedora Core 3. I was able to extract the modules.cgz > > file on it and found an advansys.ko module that appears to have been > > compiled for kernel 2.6.9, judging from the directory structure. Any > > ideas on if this might work? I've tried loading it via wget but all > > the mounted file systems are read-only. I guess I might have to dig > > up a floppy drive and install it... > > I'm starting to feel like I'm talking to myself. :) Seriously, I keep > replying for the benefit of some other poor soul who may have the same > problems I'm having. > > I finally figured out that when the livecd is booted, /tmp is writable. > Thus I managed to copy the advansys.ko file I have to /tmp. But alas, > modprobe doesn't see it because it's not in the normal module path. Ah, > but more reading tells me that modprobe is the "smart" wrapper. insmod > is the actual command that inserts the module. So I try 'insmod > advansys.ko' but get: > > insmod: error inserting 'advansys.ko': -1 Invalid module format > > So is this because the module really won't work with Gentoo 2005.0? Or > does this have something to do with 'depmod'. I'm beginning to think > that what I'm trying to do isn't possible, short of installing on my IDE > drive and then building my own LiveCD with all the required parts. I > can't believe it's supposed to be this hard. I must be missing the obvious. > > Thanks, > > Drew > > -- > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse > Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! > > http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Regards, Chee Ong -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
