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On 6 May, Roger Mason wrote: |
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> Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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>> On 6 May 2010, at 09:37, Roger Mason wrote: |
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>>> ... |
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>>> I just built a new machine (celeron 3 GHz) using a script that builds |
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>>> the kernel using genkernel and a config that is copied from that of |
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>>> the |
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>>> kernel on the install cd. |
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>> |
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>> Are you sure ext[234] is compiled statically into the kernel in this |
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>> .config? |
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> Yes. |
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>> Also the drivers for the EIDE / SATA controller. |
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>> The liveCD configs I've seen generally store these as modules. I, too, |
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>> usually take a copy of the config from a working LiveCD when I compile |
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>> a kernel, but I *always* have to change something. |
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> This what grep SATA kernel-config says: |
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> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set |
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> CONFIG_SATA_PMP=y |
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> CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_SIL24=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_SVW=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_MV=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_NV=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_QSTOR=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_PROMISE=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_SX4=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_SIL=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_SIS=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_ULI=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_VIA=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_VITESSE=m |
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> CONFIG_SATA_INIC162X=m |
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> lspci says: |
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> 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA |
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> So, what must I set? |
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> Thanks for the help. |
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Check the BIOS if it supports AHCI SATA. Select it if possible. |
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Then set CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y (not m, since the kernel must be |
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able to access the disk to load any module). |
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Helmut. |
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