It' a Promise PDC20267 onboard ide raid (on a Tyan 200) and is setup as RAID 1 with 2 x 40Gb IDE HDs.
The installer fails as it cannot find the harddrive(s) when trying to partition / initialise, so the installation process cannot proceed. As far as I am aware the slackware 8.1 kernel is a standard 2.4.18 - I've looked at the config file and it seems that the same Promise drivers are selected for slackware as they are for the bf2.4 Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eduard Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: Re: promise controller > #include <hallo.h> > David Murphy wrote on Tue Jul 09, 2002 um 05:29:24PM: > > I've read jut about everything I can on trying to get debian woody to > > install on a promise controller but the install still fails. > > How? > > > I'm using bf2.4 netinst images but the installer still fails to detect a > > hard drive. > > Which harddrive? > > > An 8.1 slackware installation runs fine so I know it's not a hardware > > problem. > > How did they patch their kernel? > > > Perhaps one of the promise drivers is not selected in the bf2.4 kernel? > > Which Promise? There is dozen of models, which is yours? > > Gruss/Regards, > Eduard. > -- > StevenK>And the whole "ARGH! What kind of drugs was I on when I coded *that*!?" > moshez> aj: wow, quality alcohol > BlindMan> moshez: he needs quality alc for quality code ;) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
