[gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[Steven Stillaway]

Hi,

I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.

Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
kernel?

This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.

-----------------------
Steven Stillaway
steve@stillaway.net

Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[Achim Gottinger]

Steven Stillaway wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
> machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
>
> Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
> kernel?

Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other
controllers are avaliable as modules.
So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.
After you have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy
the linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that
partition, install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge
linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"),
cd to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
environment and configure the bootmanager.

achim~

>
>
> This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
> that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.
>
> -----------------------
> Steven Stillaway
> steve@stillaway.net
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[Steven Stillaway]

It is a ATA66 IDE controller that requires a special kernel addition.

This was a patch in the 2.2 kernels, but it is included as an option in
the 2.4 kernels

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Achim Gottinger wrote:

> Steven Stillaway wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
> > machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
> >
> > Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
> > kernel?
>
> Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
> adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other
> controllers are avaliable as modules.
> So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.
> After you have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy
> the linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that
> partition, install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge
> linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"),
> cd to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
> environment and configure the bootmanager.
>
> achim~
>
> >
> >
> > This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
> > that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.
> >
> > -----------------------
> > Steven Stillaway
> > steve@stillaway.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > gentoo-dev mailing list
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[drobbins]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:35:40PM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote:
> Steven Stillaway wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
> > machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
> >
> > Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
> > kernel?

> Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
> adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other controllers are avaliable as
> modules.  So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.  After you
> have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy the
> linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that partition,
> install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"), cd
> to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
> environment and configure the bootmanager.

It's an UltraATA-66 IDE controller.  As far as I know, most controllers will
be recognized by the Generic IDE driver, even without compiled-in support.
At least this is true of the Promise Ultra-100 card I'm using now.  You only
need the special Promise support if you need Linux to recognize more than
one adapter.  Also, I do believe that our bootdisk kernel has Highpoint
support enabled.  Yep, it looks like it's in there.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[Achim Gottinger]

Steven Stillaway wrote:

> It is a ATA66 IDE controller that requires a special kernel addition.

Ok, Generic PCI bus-master DMA support is turned of in the boot kernel.
I took a quick look into the drivers help and have one question. Do you need the
Boot off-board chipset first support to boot ?
I can send you a special kernel for your controller if you want.

achim~

>
>
> This was a patch in the 2.2 kernels, but it is included as an option in
> the 2.4 kernels
>
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Achim Gottinger wrote:
>
> > Steven Stillaway wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
> > > machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
> > >
> > > Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
> > > kernel?
> >
> > Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
> > adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other
> > controllers are avaliable as modules.
> > So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.
> > After you have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy
> > the linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that
> > partition, install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge
> > linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"),
> > cd to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
> > environment and configure the bootmanager.
> >
> > achim~
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
> > > that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.
> > >
> > > -----------------------
> > > Steven Stillaway
> > > steve@stillaway.net
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > gentoo-dev mailing list
> > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> >
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] HPT366 Drivers in install kernel?

[Steven Stillaway]

I don't need to boot off the disk (I already have GRUB installed and it is
located on a different disk) I just need the kernel to be able to mount
the root partition off of the HPT366.  So I think everything should work
fine.

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Achim Gottinger wrote:

> Steven Stillaway wrote:
>
> > It is a ATA66 IDE controller that requires a special kernel addition.
>
> Ok, Generic PCI bus-master DMA support is turned of in the boot kernel.
> I took a quick look into the drivers help and have one question. Do you need the
> Boot off-board chipset first support to boot ?
> I can send you a special kernel for your controller if you want.
>
> achim~
>
> >
> >
> > This was a patch in the 2.2 kernels, but it is included as an option in
> > the 2.4 kernels
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Achim Gottinger wrote:
> >
> > > Steven Stillaway wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking at installing gentoo.  I want to try and install it on a
> > > > machine with the root partition on a disk using the HPT366 controller.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have the drivers for this compiled into your default install
> > > > kernel?
> > >
> > > Is this an scsi controller? We compiled in scsi-support for
> > > adaptec/symbios/ncr controllers. All other
> > > controllers are avaliable as modules.
> > > So typing modprob [HPT366 controler module] should work.
> > > After you have configured everything as described in the install-guide, copy
> > > the linux-sources-2.4.1-_pre8.tbz2 to your root disk. Chroot to that
> > > partition, install the kernel package ( ">pkgmerge
> > > linux-sources-2.4.1_pre8.tbz2"),
> > > cd to /usr/src/linux , build and install your kernel. Leave the chrooted
> > > environment and configure the bootmanager.
> > >
> > > achim~
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This would make life easy, but if not then I can do an existing install on
> > > > that partition and then upgrade to gentoo.
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------
> > > > Steven Stillaway
> > > > steve@stillaway.net
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > gentoo-dev mailing list
> > > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > > > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > gentoo-dev mailing list
> > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> > >
> >
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>
>
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