On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:07:56AM +0200, jp moins wrote: > De : "Colin Watson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:53:23PM +0200, JP Moins wrote: > > > Load installer modules: [ E ] -> sbp2 ieee1394 ohci1394 raw1394 (?) > > > missing to make external > > [...] > > > I like my OS X.3 machine; I would love to run linux on the side, on a > > > removable FW drive. > > > This is doable, but the installer needs to provide the firewire > > > modules. > > > > That's odd. All of the above, with the exception of raw1394, are built > > directly into the current installer kernel. > > > > Is raw1394 needed? If so, I'll gladly add it. > > Hello Colin, > Thanks for being so reactive. 2 things: > > a) raw1394 needed : I am a monkey-do type of linux expert, don't take > this for granted but I think raw1394 was required for 2.4 kernels and > is not needed in 2.6 (I am slowly building gentoo using 2.6.3-benh2 > kernel, disk access is perfect and I used the following: "modprobe > sbp2 <wait a bit> modprobe ohci1394". ieee1394 gets loaded by sbp2. > raw1394 is *not* in there).
OK, I've committed a change to this effect. I'll let you know when a new daily build containing this change becomes available. > At the time I experienced with 2.4(.21-benh ?) I couldn't get a stable > mount for the drive so my experience is limited. Howto's (see bill > fink's at > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-October/010501.html) > mention raw1394. Also for 2.4 kernels was the need to use the > "rescan-scsi-bus.sh" script. > > b) FW drivers built in the kernel : OOOPS! I didn't figure this (I > would have tried harder). Normally my drive shows up as "/dev/sda", I > was offered no partition to mount on /dev/sda in the installer so I > concluded modules were missing. > I can try again activating the FW drive w/ the installer if you wish > (this evening, Paris/france time). If you could, that would be good, although I suspect you may be right that the lack of raw1394 kills it. > => Please : i) ask me to try again explicitely; ii) any hint on how I > can summon the FW drive to map to /dev/sda ? echo add-scsi-device X X > X X > /dev/scsi/scsi ?? Unfortunately, I have no idea about this, or whether d-i supports it in general. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
