On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 21:30, Will Trillich wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:56:25PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > My understanding is that lilo works off a system > > map which is created at installation and is sector based. So, as long as > > it can figure out where the kernel is physically placed at installation, > > it can map it. Then, when loading the kernel, it doesn't have to care > > about the filesystem. So the boot loader can be tiny. > > > > Grub is different. It has to grok the filesystem at boot time, so the > > boot loader is huge as a result. > > > > Oh, and lilo can boot off a RAID device. > > eh? is it possible to get woody to boot (after installing, and > no luck there, yet) off of a raid? that would be awesome. > > i've got a 3ware setup, and 3w-xxxx.o is what's needed, which > works fine under morphix, but i've not been able to preload the > module under the woody install. (floppy 'driver' images won't > mount, and i've tried about three different download sites to > get them...)
I installed woody on my IBM ServeRAID card, though I had to make a custom boot disk which provided a kernel supporting my RAID card. Most likely, you are unable to install because the install kernel you are using doesnt support your 3ware card. I would suggest that you make sure that you are using the bf24 kernel to install (F3 at CD boot prompt), because I thought I remembered that kernel having support for 3ware compiled in..., but if not, you may need to make yourself a custom boot disk (see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel) -davidc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
