I have followed that up to the modprobe bit. It says 'FATAL: Module pata_cs5535.ko not found.'. The command issued was /sbin/modprobe pata_cs5535.ko. The .ko file is in /lib/modules/2v6v28-11-generic
Cannot work out from google what I am doing wrong there. Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/18 Tony Harrison <t...@mitsy.co.uk>: > >> Thanks for that, it was the pci=noacpi I had forgot to do. Xubuntu then >> failed while booting anyway, something about X terminal I think it was? But >> I made a new usb stick with ubuntu server on which installed but it would >> only give me the option to install it to the usb stick rather than the HDD. >> Do I need to use a CD-rom drive to install to the HDD? >> >> > > That's also covered on the same wiki page :) > > The driver for the hard drive controller isn't in the kernel that you > get with an ubuntu install. I filed a bug but it's not been fixed. > > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/318805 is > the bug report. > I have put the module needed:- > > http://popey.com/~alan/viglen/2.6.27-7-generic_pata_cs5535.ko for > 2.6.27 (for Ubuntu 8.10) > http://popey.com/~alan/viglen/2.6.28-11-generic_pata_cs5535.ko for > 2.6.28 (for Ubuntu 9.04) > > Grab the one for the version of Ubuntu you're installing and rename it > to pata_cs5535.ko. > > What I had to do was boot the USB stick, then (before the partitioning > section, but after the network comes up) switch to a terminal (ALT+F4) > and the scp from another machine over the network, then modprobe it to > load it into memory, then switch back to the installer (ALT+F1) and > continue. > > If that doesn't make sense, let me know. > > Cheers, > Al. > >
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