> Date: Yesterday 14:49:47 > Lo, on Sunday, August 15, Richard Cobbe did write:
>> The computer did come with a PCI IDE controller card (the "unknown mass >> storage controller" line above) that has another two controllers on it. >> I haven't yet tried switching controllers to see if that helps at all; I >> may attempt that later this afternoon. > Well, that didn't work. Moving it to the other controller should make > the hard drive visible as /dev/hde, but the kernel couldn't find the > root device, even when I specified `root=/dev/hde2' on the Lilo command > line. The odd thing is, I've switched hard drives to this controller > before, back when I was having strange trouble with the previous drive > and trying to diagnose it. I don't remember exactly what incantation I > had to mumble in order to get the kernel to find the partition, though, > so I can't repeat the process. > Does anyone else have any suggestions? > Richard Your lspci listing should not contain any unknown devices, for example below is my listing for my MP 2460. 00:00.0 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] System Controller 11 00 0000 0000 00:01.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] AGP Bridge 00 00 0000 0000 00:07.0 ISA bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ISA 02 00 0000 0000 00:07.1 IDE interface Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] IDE 01 8a 0000 0000 00:07.3 Bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ACPI 01 00 0000 0000 00:07.4 USB Controller Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] USB 07 10 0000 0000 00:0a.0 USB Controller OPTi Inc. 82C861 20 10 OPTi Inc. 82C861 00:0a.1 USB Controller OPTi Inc. 82C861 20 10 OPTi Inc. 82C861 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit 31 00 ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp 0008 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 10 00 C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] b2 00 CardExpert Technology 05de I do not remember exactly what chipset the mpx series use, but its AMD 760ish based. I would load a k7 kernel-image smp capable with apt-get and see what lspci says. Also knoppix, and other live cds are great to verify hardware setup, so you could give them a try. It might just be eaiser to just apt-get a kernel image and give it a try. Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
