Well, does Knoppix boot with that drive? It wouldn't be the first time I had to install Gentoo via knoppix (it's about the same procedure minus a few preset symlinks and it has to be a network install).
'Tis a pity tho. On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:31:17 -0500, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil Beaudry wrote: > > >I have tried a full assortment of the paramaters with and without > >eachother. My issues persist in the same manner as before. > > > > > Well, that makes two of us. > > Gentoo doesn't seem to like my hard drive (Seagate ST360021A connected > to a Highpoint HPT372N), because whenever I boot the LiveCD, it says > something about "no known IDE timings" for my hard drives and then > kernel panics with "not syncing - Attempted to kill init!." When I > disconnect that drive's data cable, the LiveCD boots just fine. Too bad > I need to install Gentoo on that drive. > > Also, that hard drive controller only has experimental Linux support (at > least it does with Darik's Boot and Nuke). And my wireless LAN adapter > (D-Link DWL-120+) is a "Windapter." So I guess you should Google all of > your hardware and make sure it works with Linux. There may be hacks for > some higher-level hardware, though, as my WLAN adapter has a Linux > "driver" that uses the WinXP drivers. > > /me shrugs :-| > > -- > Colin > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
