On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:38:08PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote: > Jay Estabrook wrote: > > | HOWEVER, I couldn't get the installer to find the installatiopn CD > | after booting from it, regardless of IDE or SCSI CDROM drive. > > I couldn't get it to find the SCSI CDROM on my Alpha. The kernel > detected it but d-i couldn't see it, as I described in more detail on > debian-boot.
Yes, that was how it acted on my machine (kernel driver saw it, but the installer didn't). I believe that my IDE CDROM wasn't detected by the driver, though, or even that an IDE driver was successfully loaded... :-\ And, is there any reason why there are so many IDE drivers that couldn't possibly (IMHO) be in an Alpha, that are part of the build? I mean, what's the sense in having a VIA mobo chipset-only IDE driver??? > | Also, neither the SYM/NCR driver(s) nor the DAC960 driver were included, > | making the install machine selection much smaller... > > Really? It detected the ncr SCSI controller on my AlphaStation, and the > disc and CDROM attached to it. Ah, my bad; another "senior" moment, I fear... ;-} IIRC, it was the Adaptec (aic7xxx) driver that wasn't there. IIRC, the Qlogic ISP and NCR drivers were there... --Jay++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook HPTC - LINUX support Hewlett-Packard Company - MRO1-2/K15 (508) 467-2080 200 Forest Street, Marlboro MA 01752 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
