On 16:29 Tue 27 Jan , Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > Well, actually I've booted off it just fine once I get a > > distribution installed. But that's the tricky part, because none > > of the install CDs come with even a module for the Silicon Image > > controller compiled in. I've been learning about isolinux and > > various other things like initrd for the past couple of weeks as > > I try to figure out how to create my own. > > Ah...and that was the reason (at the time) that we went with the 2.4.23 > kernel since it had been patched for the Silicon Image controllers. I > *think* 2.4.22 has now been patched also, but not at the time. I presume > 2.6.x has all of this and more, but what do I know? ;-)
Hmm. The first kernel that worked with my setup (for me) was 2.4.22. The option was there before that, but I couldn't get it to work. Also, I was pointed in the right direction by a forum post--the 1.4 LiveCD recognized my SATA harddrives with "gentoo doataraid" on the CD boot menu. People who are booting off an SATA hard drive on a SiI controller . . . could you post a quick howto? It's not important for me now, but I couldn't find one when I was looking, and if I ever need to reinstall, I'd like to be cleaner. I'd appreciate that, thanks. -R
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