Erik van Konijnenburg wrote on Dec, 13: [...]
> > > http://arch.debian.org/arch/yaird/[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]/yaird/yaird--devo/yaird--devo--0.1/patch-131/ > > > Could you give it a try and let me know if it actually works? [...] > ** Decide if you want to go ahead with this test. > Only try this if you know how to recover from a non-booting kernel > (& if I'm correct you've just done that) It's mine and everybody else's interest to have this solved. > ** Save the attached patch. Had already downloaded it from the URL you gave. > ** Make backup: > $ cp /usr/lib/yaird/perl/Hardware.pm just-in-case.pm > ** Apply patch: > $ sudo patch /usr/lib/yaird/perl/Hardware.pm < > /dat/tmp/Hardware.pm.patch > patching file /usr/lib/yaird/perl/Hardware.pm > Hunk #1 succeeded at 216 (offset -18 lines). > $ > > (the offset is a normal warning in this case) > ** Comment out any work-arounds (MODULE ide-generic) you may have made > in /etc/yaird/Default.cfg > This is an important bit: you would not want to report success with > the patch if actually your edit in Default.cfg is what makes the system > boot. > ** Use the patched version to make a new initrd.img. > A quick way to do this is $ sudo apt-get install > linux-image-2.6.14-2-686-smp > but only if you don't actually have an SMP system. This should > leave your normal single-cpu kernel in place and install an smp > kernel, with new initrd.img, next to it. It would take a while to download, so I did: sudo yaird -v -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686.patched | tee yaird.log and edited grub initrd at boot time. > ** reboot into new kernel; report success; undo if you don't like the > effect. Bingo ! Flawless boot: all IDE devices recognized. Thanks a lot for the speedy patch ! Paulo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
