On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 13:32 -0800, Stan Banash wrote: > All, > > I am currently trying to build out a new Debian system > and am having some issues with getting the IDE PCI > card drivers installed. I'm relatively new at setting > up Debian and have been working this issue for several > days now. That said, here are the specifics: > > System: > Dell Optiplex GX1P, 768MB Ram, 600 MHz CPU (PIII), > 33MHz bus w/4 PCI slots, ATI RAGE PRO TURBO video > chip, Bios version A10, IDE (DMA/ATA) on board. > > New IDE PCI Card: > Highpoint Rocket 133 (Ultra ATA /PCI - 33/66) > > Hard Drives: > Primary Maxtor (20GB) > Secondary Maxtor (250GB) - thus the need for the Ultra > ATA card. > > Installtion process: > I installed the new card in the system and connected > the drives as specified in the manual, i.e. set the > jumpers and plugged them into the board. > > I am installing from a CDROM disk (Sarge) Linux Kernel > 2.4.2-27 (Yes I know it is not the latest available). > When the installation procedure gets to the > recognizing the IDE Drives for setting up the > partitions it fails to find the driver. After checking > the drivers on the RAM disk, I see that the needed > driver "HPT302.o" is not there. I have managed to get > the driver code from Highpoint and compile it against > the 2.4.2-27 kernel on my laptop. > > So this is where I am now stuck - How can I get the > HPT302.o driver file into the installation package in > the CD image so that the Debian installer can find it > and load it during installation? > > If that is not the best or easiest approach to take, I > would like to know. Otherwise, any advice that you > might have would be appreciated. I mean really, > others must have done this sometime.
i have not done this, but.... have you tried booting into 2.6 kernel? boot> linux26 or boot> expert26 -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]