Hello, My email boils down to this question:
Why is the "pata_via" module excluded from the kernel of the Lenny installer? (and how can I work around that) The full story: I tried to install Lenny 5.03 (amd64) on a machine with an Asrock G965M-S motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=G965M-S The board has SATA support and a (legacy) PATA IDE controller. I have a PATA harddisk and DVD drive hooked up to the PATA IDE controller (since I do not have any SATA drives). But the Lenny installer can neither find my harddrive nor the DVD drive. It seems that the PATA IDE controller is not detected or not supported. The PCI device identifier of the controller is 1106:0415, i.e. vendor "VIA Technologies, Inc.", device: "PATA IDE Host Controller". The "pata_via" module seems to support this controller: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/PATA_VIA.html But the "pata_via" module is not available in the Lenny d-i kernel. I can neither modprobe it or locate the *.ko file. I manually loaded the via82cxxx module but it does not seem to support my controller. (also see http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX.html) I successfully installed OpenSUSE on the machine (which detected the controller and loaded the "pata_via" module). But I would really prefer to install Debian. Can you help me? thanks Oliver -- Oliver Doepner http://doepner.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
