Install Linux from Fire wire drive
I want to partition and install linux on my external firewire HDD. When I boot from the RH9 isntallation disks, and navigate to the drive selection screen, the drive is not shown.. this is most likely a bios issue yes? Is it possible to do what I want to do? KC
Re: Install Linux from Fire wire drive
KC wrote: I want to partition and install linux on my external firewire HDD. When I boot from the RH9 isntallation disks, and navigate to the drive selection screen, the drive is not shown.. this is most likely a bios issue yes? Is it possible to do what I want to do? KC That is very tricky. This is NOT a BIOS issue. What you need to do is load a driver for your firewire card whilst installing RedHat. What you can TRY to do is while installing RedHat, BEFORE you get to the drive selection screen, is jump to another console and try 'modprobe name of firewire driver'. I've never mucked around with Firewire on Linux, but from the look of the /lib/modules directory, I would assume it is 'modprobe ohci1394'. I could be wrong and if I am I stand corrected. If that loads OK, you may also need to load SCSI modules to see the firewire drive. I remember having to do this for some old SCSI cards. Oh, and hopefully Linux will automatically adjust the ramdisk to include the new drivers. Make sure you keep a boot-disk handy with the firewire drivers available just in case. Regards, Ed. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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- Original Message - From: Edward Dekkers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Install Linux from Fire wire drive KC wrote: I want to partition and install linux on my external firewire HDD. When I boot from the RH9 isntallation disks, and navigate to the drive selection screen, the drive is not shown.. this is most likely a bios issue yes? Is it possible to do what I want to do? KC That is very tricky. This is NOT a BIOS issue. What you need to do is load a driver for your firewire card whilst installing RedHat. What you can TRY to do is while installing RedHat, BEFORE you get to the drive selection screen, is jump to another console and try 'modprobe name of firewire driver'. I've never mucked around with Firewire on Linux, but from the look of the /lib/modules directory, I would assume it is 'modprobe ohci1394'. I could be wrong and if I am I stand corrected. If that loads OK, you may also need to load SCSI modules to see the firewire drive. I remember having to do this for some old SCSI cards. Oh, and hopefully Linux will automatically adjust the ramdisk to include the new drivers. Make sure you keep a boot-disk handy with the firewire drivers available just in case. Regards, Ed. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Thanks, but I have a couple questions. How do I 'jump to another console' whilst in the redhat installation GUI? Should I put the firewire drivers on a Floppy? another cd (I have 2 cd drives)? Thanks, KC -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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KC wrote: Thanks, but I have a couple questions. How do I 'jump to another console' whilst in the redhat installation GUI? Should I put the firewire drivers on a Floppy? another cd (I have 2 cd drives)? Thanks, KC You're about to have a very steep learning curve. I HAVE to suggest you read some documentation here. If you don't know how to switch consoles, then you are attempting something quite a bit beyond you. Try reading some documentation at http://www.tldp.org and ofcourse the fine RedHat manuals present on their web site (you really should read those). Having said that - on a stock RedHat install, you have 7 virtual terminals at your fingertips. When RedHat installs, it shows/runs different processes on these virtual terminals all to do with the installation. You switch to these terminals using the Alt Fn Key combination. For example, Alt-F1 is VT1, Alt-F2 is VT2 etc. You see some interesting things on each of these terminals when installing RedHat. Find one with a prompt, and use your own commands from there. Regards, Ed. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 21:40, Edward Dekkers wrote: KC wrote: Thanks, but I have a couple questions. How do I 'jump to another console' whilst in the redhat installation GUI? Should I put the firewire drivers on a Floppy? another cd (I have 2 cd drives)? Thanks, KC You're about to have a very steep learning curve. I HAVE to suggest you read some documentation here. If you don't know how to switch consoles, then you are attempting something quite a bit beyond you. Try reading some documentation at http://www.tldp.org and ofcourse the fine RedHat manuals present on their web site (you really should read those). Having said that - on a stock RedHat install, you have 7 virtual terminals at your fingertips. When RedHat installs, it shows/runs different processes on these virtual terminals all to do with the installation. You switch to these terminals using the Alt Fn Key combination. For example, Alt-F1 is VT1, Alt-F2 is VT2 etc. You see some interesting things on each of these terminals when installing RedHat. Find one with a prompt, and use your own commands from there. from the initial X install screen you will probably need ctrl-Alt-F? once in a VT the simple Alt-F? combinations will work. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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Bret Hughes wrote: On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 21:40, Edward Dekkers wrote: KC wrote: Thanks, but I have a couple questions. How do I 'jump to another console' whilst in the redhat installation GUI? Should I put the firewire drivers on a Floppy? another cd (I have 2 cd drives)? Thanks, KC You're about to have a very steep learning curve. I HAVE to suggest you read some documentation here. If you don't know how to switch consoles, then you are attempting something quite a bit beyond you. Try reading some documentation at http://www.tldp.org and ofcourse the fine RedHat manuals present on their web site (you really should read those). Having said that - on a stock RedHat install, you have 7 virtual terminals at your fingertips. When RedHat installs, it shows/runs different processes on these virtual terminals all to do with the installation. You switch to these terminals using the Alt Fn Key combination. For example, Alt-F1 is VT1, Alt-F2 is VT2 etc. You see some interesting things on each of these terminals when installing RedHat. Find one with a prompt, and use your own commands from there. from the initial X install screen you will probably need ctrl-Alt-F? once in a VT the simple Alt-F? combinations will work. Bret I stand corrected. Yep, you're right. I'm used to doing text installs. Thanks. Regards, Ed. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
