Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-27 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 11:09:05PM -0400, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > This image works, and I did a successful install with AHCI. > I had to manually call insmod on libata.ko and ahci.ko, > depmod did not work. depmod generates a modules.dep file. modprobe is what you use to load modules (and the

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
> http://www.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/ This image works, and I did a successful install with AHCI. I had to manually call insmod on libata.ko and ahci.ko, depmod did not work. Now that I have a working AHCI system, I cans ee what changes in the lscpi results when I switch the BIOS settings

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 07:44:14AM -0400, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > > Does [Sorensen's 2.6.12 AMD64 installer] work at all [...] > > Nope. > > "No installable kernel was found in the defined apt sources" > > "The current default kernel package is kernel-image" > > "Youmay try to continue though

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 07:44:14AM -0400, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > > Does [Sorensen's 2.6.12 AMD64 installer] work at all [...] > > Nope. > > "No installable kernel was found in the defined apt sources" > > "The current default kernel package is kernel-image" > > "Youmay try to continue though

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 08:38:58AM -0400, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Not sure how to report this. Do you want the output of > lsmod.modutils? Something else? > > http://www.jab.org/install-report2 > http://www.jab.org/install-report2-lsmod > > Aside from that, I know the temperature sensor chip wo

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:04:06PM -0400, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Yes, if I manually run insmod on libata.ko and ahci.ko. Otherwise > the disk is not found. modprobe ahci should probably have been enough. insmod is a bit of a pain to use manually. Hmm, I wonder what I would have to do to make

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
> could you resubmit [ the installation-report ] ? Can't. The box is currently behind NAT and doesn't have SMTP configured. Reportbug tried to send directly to Debian's MTA but it timed out. > Looking at what we have in discover1-data, most of your hardware is > currently listed as "unknown" (

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
> Does [Sorensen's 2.6.12 AMD64 installer] work at all [...] Nope. "No installable kernel was found in the defined apt sources" "The current default kernel package is kernel-image" "Youmay try to continue though this rather strange error is probably fatal"

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 05:04, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > My lspci data has been reported through regular channels > and there is also a copy at http://www.jab.org/install-report I can not find your installation report in our BTS. I think it may have been rejected because of size. Did you receive a

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
> Someone let me know if it works. What I would like to know is: > > Does it work at all (I tested it up to partitioning disks on SATA WDs on > VIA controller). Tested up to partitioning stage. > Does it support AHCI. Yes, if I manually run insmod on libata.ko and ahci.ko. Otherwise the disk i

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > I think if Lenart Sorensen remasters an AMD64 installer with > > a 2.6.12 kernal *and* compiles the AHCI module (it's under > > drivers/scsi) then I'll know what to do.[1] > > Oh now you tell me. Off to rebuild again. It is enabled in the kernel, > bit I didn't add

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:20:43AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Oh now you tell me. Off to rebuild again. It is enabled in the kernel, > bit I didn't add it to the list of modules to include... I just did > now. > > That's part of the mess I am going through trying to update the install > c

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 04:49:33PM -0700, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > I still don't know how to make Debian see the disk in AHCI mode, > which is required for Native Command Queuing (NCQ). > > I think if Lenart Sorensen remasters an AMD64 installer with > a 2.6.12 kernal *and* compiles the AHCI m

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 03:14:19PM -0700, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Success report. > > Hitachi 7k500 SATA hard drive > Intel Pentium D 820 CPU > ASUS P5WD2 Premium Edition motherboard > > I found that Ubuntu can install to the SATA drive but Debian Sarge > cannot. I've used all sorts of remast

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Nigel Ridley
Jo Shields wrote: > Jörg Ebeling wrote: > >> Hi Joe, >> >> >> don't wanna bother you, BUT: >> >>> I've really no idea where people get all their SATA issues from, it's >>> not had issues for me since Woody 3.0r2 was current. >> >> >> >> SATA is NOT running very well ! >> I'm running this AMD64 Deb

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Jo Shields
Jörg Ebeling wrote: Hi Joe, don't wanna bother you, BUT: I've really no idea where people get all their SATA issues from, it's not had issues for me since Woody 3.0r2 was current. SATA is NOT running very well ! I'm running this AMD64 Debian since about 6 (or more) months on different AM

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-25 Thread Jörg Ebeling
Hi Joe, don't wanna bother you, BUT: I've really no idea where people get all their SATA issues from, it's not had issues for me since Woody 3.0r2 was current. SATA is NOT running very well ! I'm running this AMD64 Debian since about 6 (or more) months on different AMD64 MoBos and I'm reall

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-24 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
>I've really no idea where people get all their SATA issues from, it's >not had issues for me since Woody 3.0r2 was current. Lucky you. I still don't know how to make Debian see the disk in AHCI mode, which is required for Native Command Queuing (NCQ). I think if Lenart Sorensen remasters a

Re: SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-24 Thread Jo Shields
Sorry, I've seen a lot of stuff on the list lately which makes me say "What?". Installed to a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, via a Via VT6420 southbridge's SATA connection, absolutely flawlessly, with the Debian AMD64 Sarge images. Ditto a Dell EM64T server with some messy ICH5/6 setup. I've reall

SATA install - AMD64 - success story

2005-07-24 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
Success report. Hitachi 7k500 SATA hard drive Intel Pentium D 820 CPU ASUS P5WD2 Premium Edition motherboard I found that Ubuntu can install to the SATA drive but Debian Sarge cannot. I've used all sorts of remastered installers, including a 2.6.11 AMD64 version. The problem was not detecting