I think there is a kernel param you can pass when booting like doscsu
or something.

If you get booted, go into your kernel config under

Device Drivers -> SCSI Device Support ->SCSI low-level drivers

and compile in anything that has VIA in it, especially the VIA SATA
drivers. Compile it in to make sure it's not a hotplug or module
loading issue.

-Josh


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:55:55 -0600, John T. Hoffoss
<john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I went over this...the CD-ROM is on the non-identified IDE-RAID controller.
> 
> I'm going to try this, but I highly doubt it's going to find that
> controller either way. That may help with the video though.
> 
> -John
> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:52:32 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Boot up with knoppix, then do
> >
> > # cat /proc/modules
> >
> > to see what modules where loaded. Then make sure those modules are in
> > your kernel.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:40:09 -0600, John T. Hoffoss
> > <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:30:06 -0600, Thomas Johnson <tommyj27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:20:51 -0600, John T. Hoffoss
> > > > <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I had a system with a knoppix derivative installed to the hard drive.
> > > > > Worked great, upgraded it, etc. so, pretty much, straight-up
> > > > > debian[-testing?] at this point.
> > > > >
> > > > > Went and got an MSI 915G mobo, PIV 3GHz, bla bla. Moved the disk, and
> > > > > now I can't get video, and when I try to boot 2.6, it just locks.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was running 2.6.7-custom, so installed 2.6.8-686-smp, only to get
> > > > > the same thing. With 2.4, I get to a command line but am still not
> > > > > getting any video.
> > > > >
> > > > > lspci:
> > > > > 000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express
> > > > > Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04)
> > > > >
> > > > > In addition, the on-board IDE/RAID controller (which I want for normal
> > > > > IDE only) doesn't seem to be supported. Which means I can't boot to a
> > > > > KNOPPIX CD to check out what it's doing in X, since it can't find the
> > > > > CD.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can rip this apart and move the CD to IDE0:1, but this issue will
> > > > > still persist either way, and I'll need support for more than two
> > > > > drives. (This board only has one ATA100 IDE controller. The other two
> > > > > are the VIA ATA133 slots.)
> > > > >
> > > > > lspci:
> > > > > 000:02:04.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Tech. VT6410 ATA133 RAID
> > > > > Controller (rev 06)
> > > > >
> > > > > Silly me for assuming this would just work...
> > > >
> > > > hey john,
> > > >
> > > > have you checked to see if there are any funky video settings in your
> > > > bootloader config. Sounds suspiciously like a problem i had when i
> > > > moved some machines to 2.6. The video boot string changed between 2.4
> > > > and 2.6.
> > > >
> > > > tom
> > >
> > > Yeah, I checked. Nothing but "vga=791", same as the 2.6.7 kernel. Also
> > > tried nofb, to no avail. I wasn't clear on it before, either, but the
> > > knoppix-customized 2.6.7 kernel boots with vesafb, just no CD/IDE-RAID
> > > (Picks up the SATA stuff too.) or X. (X just errors out saying no
> > > devices detected, so perhaps a missing kernel module, but I don't know
> > > which one.)
> > >
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> 
> --
> John T. Hoffoss
>