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> Yes. You need to compile the drivers for your hard disc, hard disc controller |
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> and root filesystem into the kernel, not as modules. Otherwise the kernel |
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> can't access the hardware to load the drivers it needs. |
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While it is easy to find the kernel configuration entry for ext3 it is not so easy to find the one for my disk controller. |
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I used some hardware detection tools to grab the information about my hardware. |
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It shows the following information about my IDE controller: |
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description: IDE interface |
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product: 82801BA IDE U100 Controller |
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vendor: Intel Corporation |
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physical id: 1f.1 |
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bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1 |
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version: 05 |
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width: 32 bits |
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clock: 33MHz |
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capabilities: ide bus_master |
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configuration: driver=PIIX_IDE latency=0 |
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00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05) |
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What kernel configuration should I set up for my controller. |
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I cannot see the "PIIX_IDE" in my kernel. |
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The best option for me would be to compile the kernel with everything build-in. |
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Then to run a tool that generates the minimal kernel configuration for my system. |
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Compile the kernel again with my minimal kernel ".config" file and start using it. |
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Is it possible ? |
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If so how can I do that ? |
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thanks for help |
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