Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:46:32 -0800 | From | James Lamanna <> | Subject | Fasttrak100 questions... |
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So, I have a system that has 2 45GB IDE drives connected up to a Promise Technologies Fasttrack 100. Promise Techonologies currently has a driver that you can compile against a 2.2 kernel into a module, but it also includes one proprietary object file. During my linux installation I was able to preload the module and have it detect the drives fine as a scsi device, so I was able to install the base system onto them.
The question is, is there a way to compile this module into the kernel so that it will automatically detect the card? A simple linking of the module into the scsi library by editing the Makefile doesn't seem to do it. It doesn't detect the drives if I boot off of a floppy with this kernel on it.
Also, is it possible for Lilo to even boot this without a RAM disk somewhere? I guess Lilo has to know about the drive, but it can't know without the module...so am I screwed into using floppies with a RAM disk image anyways?
Thanks, --James Lamanna - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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