initrd, goofy stuff in the system (well, not goofy, but not stuff I'm familiar with.) On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:28:42 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote: > Actually, I'm a gentoo user, so that's how I understand things..... > > Don't know why it would be any different in debian if you are > compiling your own kernel. > > -Josh > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:11:10 -0600, John T. Hoffoss > <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:04:06 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Is there a trick to this? I'm comfortable with kernel compiling in > > Gentoo, but the one time I tried it in Debian, it didn't work out so > > well. Any Debianites have a howto, or know of one? (I've already > > wasted WAY too much time trying to get this to work for me.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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