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From: Steven Stillaway <steve@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:07:02
Message-Id: Pine.BSO.4.31.0101291106350.25960-100000@tristan.stillaway.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel? by 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
1 It is a ATA66 IDE controller that requires a special kernel addition.
2
3 This was a patch in the 2.2 kernels, but it is included as an option in
4 the 2.4 kernels
5
6 On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Achim Gottinger wrote:
7
8 > Steven Stillaway wrote:
9 >
10 > > Hi,
11 > >
12 > > I am looking at installing gentoo. I want to try and install it on a
13 > > machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
14 > >
15 > > Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
16 > > kernel?
17 >
18 > Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
19 > adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other
20 > controllers are avaliable as modules.
21 > So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.
22 > After you have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy
23 > the linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that
24 > partition, install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge
25 > linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"),
26 > cd to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
27 > environment and configure the bootmanager.
28 >
29 > achim~
30 >
31 > >
32 > >
33 > > This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
34 > > that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.
35 > >
36 > > -----------------------
37 > > Steven Stillaway
38 > > steve@×××××××××.net
39 > >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel? 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)