initrd, goofy stuff in the system (well, not goofy, but not stuff I'm
familiar with.)


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:28:42 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I'm a gentoo user, so that's how I understand things.....
> 
> Don't know why it would be any different in debian if you are
> compiling your own kernel.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:11:10 -0600, John T. Hoffoss
> <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:04:06 -0600, Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Is there a trick to this? I'm comfortable with kernel compiling in
> > Gentoo, but the one time I tried it in Debian, it didn't work out so
> > well. Any Debianites have a howto, or know of one? (I've already
> > wasted WAY too much time trying to get this to work for me.)
> >
> 
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