On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, John C. Tull wrote:
> My home-rolled kernel has ppp support (verified via .config and > obviously so as the modem and the operating system are able to > communicate). > As Ben mentioned ppp and modem support are 2 seperate issues. You can use minicom and make a modem connection with no ppp support in the kernel. > The reason I am not using the .iso provided kernel was already > elucidated: I cannot gain access to my scsi devices without doing a > manual modprobe on mac53c94. Perhaps you have a newer one in the cooker > tree, but I am using the .iso's. When I run the installer, my CD is not > seen until I select the mac53c94 driver. My drives do not show up in 2 > during the partition phase unless I have gone to another terminal and > run 'modprobe mac53c94'. The provided boot kernel fails because no scsi > devices are available, hence the boot device is unable to be found. > I don't think we're communicating here. The installer kernel is not the same as the "installed" kernel. In either case, drivers are modular, and mac53c94 is provided. If you want to make your own kernel, that's fine, but don't expect me to help you debug it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
