On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:03:35PM +0200, Ryan Tracey wrote: > Hi > > I'm assisting someone with a Debian (Woody) installation on a Dell 6650. > The boot process crashes (the whole server freezes) when the kernel > tries to find the device that corresponds to the CISS driver (Compaq > Smart Array 5xxx)</HEARSAY>. The Dell does not have this controller and > the kernel (bf24 -- required for its AMI Megaraid support) does have > this driver compiled in. > > What are my options considering that the person I am trying to assist is > on the other side of the world and has no experience with Debian. > > I have considered compiling a new kernel with only the needed drivers > included and using that in the boot disk instead of the default bf24 > image. Are there any detailed instructions on doing this -- creating > custom boot disks.
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