On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 10:13:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Richard Hector wrote: > > I've downloaded a netinst iso that has 2.6.8, so that bit should be ok, > > and I then boot with either > > > > linux26 hda=stroke > > > > or > > > > expert26 hda=stroke > > As far as I know passing parameters to the ide (or whatever) module like > this will only work if it's built into the kernel, not if it's a module. > If it's a module the parameter has to be passed when the module is > modprobed. When you boot in expert mode it should let you specifiy > module parameters before loading whichever module is the one that > processes this parameter and you can enter it there.
Excellent, thanks - that certainly pointed me in the right direction. Unfortunately, the module that needs the option is ide_core, and that isn't loaded explicitly by the installer, so I had no chance to add the option there. What I had to do was, once it said it was going to detect the CDROM, I went to the 2nd VC and ran modprobe ide_core options="hda=stroke" (and working out the options= bit took some time, too ...), then I returned to the installer and didn't need to specify anything else. The next problem is that, presumably because the installer knew nothing about what I had done, it didn't add the option to the initrd image either, so on reboot I'm back to a 33.8G disk. I'm now working through how to recreate the initrd image ... Many thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
