I believe you can still use my SATA kernel for 3.5.1. I have not tested this, though. Here is the link: http://world.anarchy.com/~peter/systemimager/
Ole, if you could try this with 3.5.1 it would be great. Put the kernel file in to your /tftpboot and give it a whirl. (But back up the old kernel first!) Thnx, P > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bernard Li > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] SATA disks with SystemImager > > > Yup, it should be as simple as modifying > patches/linux.i386.config to include the drivers and > re-compiling. I am not positive whether the libata patches > are still required for 2.6 kernel (though they are still available). > > On a related note, UseYourOwnKernel.pm sort of works - it > takes the kernel from your OS and generates an initrd.img > which is compatible with SystemImager and you simply use that > to boot your machines. > > Cheers, > > Bernard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Ole Holm Nielsen > > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:22 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Sisuite-users] SATA disks with SystemImager > > > > In > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7592971 > > &forum_id=10334 > > Bernard Li wrote: > > > Did you have any experience with using SystemImager 3.5.2 > > (CVS/SVN) and SATA HDs? > > > > I tried this out with my Systemimager 3.5.2 installation (as > > described in > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7456172 > > &forum_id=10334 > > ) > > on a HP EVO dc7100 desktop PC with Intel 915 chipset and > > a SATA disk. > > > > While si_getimage creates an image correctly on the server, > the node > > installation phase doesn't work: The SystemImager > installation says > > that it can't find /dev/sda (the SATA disk which appears as a SCSI > > device). > > > > The correct driver for this disk is "ata_piix" (as seen during > > installation from CD), so it would seem that ata_piix is > missing from > > the stock SystemImager kernel. It seems that you'll have to > modify the > > SystemImager kernel in order to add SATA support... > > > > Ole Holm Nielsen > > Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, > straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get > everything you need to get up to speed, fast. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492> &op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
