I think there is a kernel param you can pass when booting like doscsu or something. If you get booted, go into your kernel config under Device Drivers -> SCSI Device Support ->SCSI low-level drivers and compile in anything that has VIA in it, especially the VIA SATA drivers. Compile it in to make sure it's not a hotplug or module loading issue. -Josh On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:55:55 -0600, John T. Hoffoss <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > I went over this...the CD-ROM is on the non-identified IDE-RAID controller. > > I'm going to try this, but I highly doubt it's going to find that > controller either way. That may help with the video though. > > -John > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:52:32 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote: > > Boot up with knoppix, then do > > > > # cat /proc/modules > > > > to see what modules where loaded. Then make sure those modules are in > > your kernel. > > > > -Josh > > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:40:09 -0600, John T. Hoffoss > > <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:30:06 -0600, Thomas Johnson <tommyj27 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:20:51 -0600, John T. Hoffoss > > > > <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I had a system with a knoppix derivative installed to the hard drive. > > > > > Worked great, upgraded it, etc. so, pretty much, straight-up > > > > > debian[-testing?] at this point. > > > > > > > > > > Went and got an MSI 915G mobo, PIV 3GHz, bla bla. Moved the disk, and > > > > > now I can't get video, and when I try to boot 2.6, it just locks. > > > > > > > > > > I was running 2.6.7-custom, so installed 2.6.8-686-smp, only to get > > > > > the same thing. With 2.4, I get to a command line but am still not > > > > > getting any video. > > > > > > > > > > lspci: > > > > > 000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express > > > > > Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) > > > > > > > > > > In addition, the on-board IDE/RAID controller (which I want for normal > > > > > IDE only) doesn't seem to be supported. Which means I can't boot to a > > > > > KNOPPIX CD to check out what it's doing in X, since it can't find the > > > > > CD. > > > > > > > > > > I can rip this apart and move the CD to IDE0:1, but this issue will > > > > > still persist either way, and I'll need support for more than two > > > > > drives. (This board only has one ATA100 IDE controller. The other two > > > > > are the VIA ATA133 slots.) > > > > > > > > > > lspci: > > > > > 000:02:04.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Tech. VT6410 ATA133 RAID > > > > > Controller (rev 06) > > > > > > > > > > Silly me for assuming this would just work... > > > > > > > > hey john, > > > > > > > > have you checked to see if there are any funky video settings in your > > > > bootloader config. Sounds suspiciously like a problem i had when i > > > > moved some machines to 2.6. The video boot string changed between 2.4 > > > > and 2.6. > > > > > > > > tom > > > > > > Yeah, I checked. Nothing but "vga=791", same as the 2.6.7 kernel. Also > > > tried nofb, to no avail. I wasn't clear on it before, either, but the > > > knoppix-customized 2.6.7 kernel boots with vesafb, just no CD/IDE-RAID > > > (Picks up the SATA stuff too.) or X. (X just errors out saying no > > > devices detected, so perhaps a missing kernel module, but I don't know > > > which one.) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > -- > John T. Hoffoss >