On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 04:38:00PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > If I get the idea correctly, this is what happens basically: > > 1) kernel and initrd get loaded > > 2) modules from initrd are loaded as far as they are needed to get > > additional software (packages, modules) from the net. > > Additional software is called a "component" afaik. Those are the > udebs. Some components contain kernel modules like the disk drivers, > others the programs to partition the disk or install base. > > 3) the installer starts and loads any modules needed to do the > > install (SCSI/SATA/PATA/whatever drivers primarily) from the net > > Actualy it installs the extra components containing the kernel modules > and then a component with the full discover data file that then also > runs discover again with all modules present.
Ok, so one of the components needs to contain 3ware 9xxx drivers, as well as 7/8xxx. The head node of my cluster, which should be arriving RSN, has all its disks connected to the 3ware card. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , des.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC