Gutsy install problem

[Derek Broughton]

Paul Tansom wrote:

> ** Paul Tansom <paul at aptanet.com> [2007-10-25 15:51]:
>> Not quite sure what to use as a subject, but that about sums it up!
>> 
>> What I think I need to do is force the  pata_it821x  module to load
>> during the boot process so that I can mount the root file system.
> ** end quote [Paul Tansom]
> 
> OK, a bit sad replying to my own post, but after a bit more digging and
> exploration of /proc/modules it seems that the  pata_it821x  driver is
> loading. What I think I am missing is the  sg  and  sd_mod  drivers
> since when booted into the live CD these are loaded and the partitions
> on the drive are showing up as sda1, sda2, sda3 and sda4.
> 
> So it would seem that the driver is using scsi emulation to work and
> these extra elements are missing. Of course I'm far from being an expert
> in Linux drivers, so I could be reading this completely wrongly :)

Me neither :-)  But that sounds exactly right.  sg is the scsi-generic
driver, and sd_mod is the disc driver, and SATA drives certainly require
them.
> 
> Next I need to work out how to force these to load and with any luck the
> drive will then be avaiable. Any suggestions more than welcome - please!

initramfs ...  I'm not an expert there, either :-(

I'd google for PATA and initrd or initramfs.
-- 
derek