On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 04:42 -0700, Brian C wrote: > Hi, > > This is a kernel-related question to which I cannot find a > definitive answer. > > If I am not going to use an initrd image, and I want to > boot Debian from an SATA drive (in a system with no PATA > drives and all SATA drives) using a 2.6 kernel, then is it > necessary to compile-in the specific driver for the SATA > controller or is it acceptable for it to be merely a > module? (When doing make menuconfig do I need a * or will > an M do?) > > In particular, if the SATA controller is the NVIDIA > nForce4 controller, does nv-sata need to be built-in or > can it just be a module? > > It seems like I've read somewhere that when you want to > boot from such a drive then the boot process never makes > it to loading modules because it cannot find the SATA > drives to begin with, requiring the specific SATA driver > to be built-in. Is that right? >
If you dont want to use a initrd, you need to have it builtin. if you can use a initrd. you can build it as a module. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
