SOLVED Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-23 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arthur Marsh wrote, on 2008-12-09 00:53: lee wrote, on 2008-11-29 04:07: Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without problems. How do you make .deb's of kernel.org kernels under Debian (kernel-package, checkinstall, ???) Arthur. To make the DPT SCSI card work, I need

Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-09 Thread lee
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > Create new default link to new source code > > This is absolutely unnecessary and maybe even harmful. Read the README > in the Linux kernel tree why you should not do it. The NVIDIA driver doesn't install when it wants to comp

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-09 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arthur Marsh wrote, on 2008-12-08 19:58: I'm still trying to get to the source of the bug that prevents me from using a DPT2044W SCSI card that uses the eata module, and have narrowed down the working and non-working Debian kernel images to between linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 version 2.6.22-6.len

Re: Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sven Joachim: > >> Create a new config file based on the old one, this will prompt for new >> configuration settings. Read carefully every question. >> root# make oldconfig > > Finally, some good advice. But before this step, you need to copy your > old config to linux-2.6.22.1/.config and cd t

Building kernels the Debian way (was: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created)

2008-12-08 Thread Sven Joachim
I feel the need to correct a few bad ideas here. On 2008-12-08 21:53 +0100, subscriptions wrote: > Download the source code and unpack Note, none but one of the steps below require root privileges if you are a member of the `src' group or perform them below your home directory instead of /usr/sr

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-08 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 15:23 +0100, Arthur Marsh wrote: > lee wrote, on 2008-11-29 04:07: > > > Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without > > problems. > > How do you make .deb's of kernel.org kernels under Debian > (kernel-package, checkinstall, ???) > > Arthur. Download

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-08 Thread Arthur Marsh
lee wrote, on 2008-11-29 04:07: Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without problems. How do you make .deb's of kernel.org kernels under Debian (kernel-package, checkinstall, ???) Arthur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-08 Thread Arthur Marsh
lee wrote, on 29/11/08 04:07: Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without problems. You should file a bug report about this problem. Obviously something has changed that makes the current kernels incompatilbe with the eata module. Done and ongoing. I'm still trying to get t

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:53:26AM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Arthur Marsh wrote, on 28/11/08 20:33: > >> >> The 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 kernel allowed me to modprobe eata and I >> received similar messages to those quoted above. >> >> The next newest kernel I can download is 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-28 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arthur Marsh wrote, on 28/11/08 20:33: The 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 kernel allowed me to modprobe eata and I received similar messages to those quoted above. The next newest kernel I can download is 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686. kernel 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 had problems after modprobe eata Is there

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-28 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arthur Marsh wrote, on 28/11/08 17:02: You could try older kernels. Yes, I'll try 2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 is the earliest Debian 2.6 kernel I can get hold of from my current archives) http://grox.net/doc/linux/howto-OLD-VERSIONS/Module-HOWTO-html/Module-HOWTO-6.html http://ubuntuf

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-27 Thread Arthur Marsh
lee wrote, on 2008-11-28 04:19: I've tried a kernel recompile from linux-source-2.6.27 and experienced the same problems. I get a kernel stack trace that ends in: note: scsi_scan0 [240] exited with preempt_count 1 Did you compile eata into the kernel or as a module? compiled into the ker

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-27 Thread lee
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:08:07PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: >> The correct module for the DPT SCSI card is eata but when I do: >> >> modprobe eata >> >> I get a kernel stack trace and a system lock-up )-:. >> >> I had no problem accessing the SCSI disk using sysrescuecd >> (gentoo-based) which

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-27 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arthur Marsh wrote, on 2008-11-25 17:22: lee wrote, on 25/11/08 01:24: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:29:52PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT2044W SCSI adaptor identified with lspci -vv as: which has an IBM SCSI disk attached, which contains MS-Windows95 OSR2. If I set the BIOS to boo

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-24 Thread Arthur Marsh
lee wrote, on 25/11/08 01:24: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:29:52PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT2044W SCSI adaptor identified with lspci -vv as: which has an IBM SCSI disk attached, which contains MS-Windows95 OSR2. If I set the BIOS to boot SCSI first, the disk is recognised and b

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-24 Thread lee
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:29:52PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I have a DPT2044W SCSI adaptor identified with lspci -vv as: > which has an IBM SCSI disk attached, which contains MS-Windows95 OSR2. > > If I set the BIOS to boot SCSI first, the disk is recognised and boots. > > I have an IDE di

DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-11-24 Thread Arthur Marsh
Hi, I have a DPT2044W SCSI adaptor identified with lspci -vv as: 00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec (formerly DPT) SmartCache/Raid I-IV Con troller (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap