On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 06:23, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > You should try and get the latest available kernel in order to get (good) > support for your Serial ATA chipset. The most recent is gs-sources, I > believe. Just checked and it is.... it's at 2.4.23_pre8. I recall that the > LiveCD uses a newer kernel than gentoo-sources, which the install guide > "suggests".
OK, I'll try emerging gs-sources. Thanks. > I assume the command above copies the LiveCD's .config file. I can see a > possible problem there: LiveCD is using a newer kernel and presumably has > support for more hardware. You copy it's config file and use it against an > older kernel. That older kernel may not have support for all the items that > config file has and simply gets ignored. Yes, but I still think I'm the culprit since I tried 2.4.22-aa (newer than the LiveCD) and managed to make the same (Apparent) mistake. > > You can still use the LiveCD's config file, but you may want to manually > check what it's configuring after running the command you list above. To do > that, use "make menuconfig", run from /usr/src/linux. I'm not sure which > section that SerialATA support is in, but I'd assume it's the same as other > drive controllers. In fact, I do remember seeing it. It *is* in the same > section. > > Good luck ! > Hall Thanks! - Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
