Gutsy install problem
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Oct 25 18:56:34 UTC 2007
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
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