From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1P6oO9-0002vL-9s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58AC1E0917; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.56]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2914EE0917 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.87]) by qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id K1lj1f0061swQuc565o2cQ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:02 +0000 Received: from dominion.diehlnet.com ([173.10.242.193]) by omta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id K5o11f00D4B4BRZ3b5o2Zr; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:48:02 +0000 Received: from hydraelmo.diehlnet.com ([10.0.1.56] helo=hydra.localnet) by dominion.diehlnet.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1P6oNX-0005ca-7I for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:47:59 -0600 From: Mike Diehl To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with new install Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:47:46 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.2 (Linux/2.6.32-24-generic; KDE/4.4.2; i686; ; ) References: <201010151129.18927.mdiehl@diehlnet.com> <4CB89212.7020801@f_philipp.fastmail.net> In-Reply-To: <4CB89212.7020801@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201010151147.47258.mdiehl@diehlnet.com> X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "dominion.diehlnet.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On Friday 15 October 2010 11:40:34 am Florian Philipp wrote: > > *All* of the drivers could be too much. There is a generic driver which > can prevent the "right" driver from taking over. In that case you end up > with a /dev/hda node and no DMA. Try to deactivate "Generic ATA support" > = CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC and "generic/default IDE chipset support" = > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Level: ---- X-ACL-Warn: condition = 1 X-Archives-Salt: 634b2ada-e6ce-4094-a790-fe47a3a38357 X-Archives-Hash: 824bac8b92302d0b20268ea8d0b68fa8 On Friday 15 October 2010 11:40:34 am Florian Philipp wrote: > > *All* of the drivers could be too much. There is a generic driver which > can prevent the "right" driver from taking over. In that case you end up > with a /dev/hda node and no DMA. Try to deactivate "Generic ATA support" > = CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC and "generic/default IDE chipset support" = > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC. I will try this. > I think it is the second option that causes that problem. However, you > won't need the first option, either. Ya, I don't like having EVERYTHING in the kernel, but nothing else was working, so I figured I'd give it a try. > Instead of your brute-force "yes to all" approach, newer kernels also > support `make localyesconfig` which takes all modules currently used in > the running kernel and compiles them into the new kernel. It is very > helpful when you already have a good but generic kernel like the one on > your live CD. Oh now this is cool. Thank you. I'll try this, also. > If even that doesn't help, it might be possible that the device > numbering has changed and your hard disk is detected as /dev/sdb or so. > Try mounting it by UUID (google for it, please). I've tried changing grub to point to sdb and hda. Perhaps, I need to change etc/fstab... Thank you. > Hope this helps, > Florian Philipp -- Take care and have fun, Mike Diehl.