i have a scaleo H PC. it has a ahci sata controller with a disk in it
the controller is always detected, but the disk identification gets errors. the 2007.0 installer has the same problem, making it impossible for me to install mdv. i've solved it the following way: i dl'ed the kernel.org 2.6.17.13 full source. i patched that source with a number of mdv patches (from the 2.6.17-q5.tar.bz2 file; specifically the ahci stuff and some others) i compiled this kernel manually on another machine, and put the sata disk in the PC, and the disk gets detected and everything... i'm trying now to make a boot.iso installer using that kernel, but i need to make a kernel.src.rpm containing my kernel first. I've installed the .src.rpm on my system, wanting to replace the kernel with my version, but i don't really understand how this .src.rpm comes to effect. do you always start from the kernel .1 version with the patchsets from the others? why does the spec file contain %use_patch 0 ? thanks for the help in advance, -- Alien is my name and head-biting is my game
