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



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