From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Adams Subject: Re: Unable to make kernel 2.6.8 up Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:40:47 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200410200740.47957.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> References: <104ee7a50410190917496bc175@mail.gmail.com> <200410192136.58935.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> <104ee7a5041019205249198045@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <104ee7a5041019205249198045@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: kernel kernel Cc: newbie On Wednesday 20 October 2004 05:52, kernel kernel wrote: > Hi =A0Richard, > Thanks for your fast response. > > I am furnishing the following details. > Motherboard : Intel 865 > Processor =A0 =A0: P4 2.4GHz > SCSI =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 : Samsung Hard disk > > I am trying to use 2.6.8 kernel from the GNU (downloaded from kernel.= org) You said your problem was; "While booting with 2.6.8 kernel. giving error no ata_piix module found= " Now you say you have a SCSI disk, the two are completly different, With SCSI its now the disk type which needs a driver but your SCSI cont= roler. It will also need to be compiled into the kernel and NOT as a module. Simply choose the needed driver with 'make config' or 'make menuconfig'= =20 recompile the kernel install it and update your bootloader then reboot. You are being to vauge to help precisely, please learn to explain your=20 problem(s) better.=20 > Thanks > Amrith --=20 If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs