2.1.17 can't find ide

Robin Becker (robin@jessikat.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 29 Dec 1996 17:09:16 +0000


Before leaping into 2.1.17 I've tried to build a rescue disk.
I'm using modules-2.1.13, libc-5.4.17 gcc 2.7.2

I build an old style ramdisk (ie non initrd) and the system boots ok

I find I can mount my mitsumi cdrom ok, but get errors tring to access
my hard disks.

/proc/devices reveals 3 ide0 is present

mount -t vfat -oro /dev/hda1 /mnt gives an error that hda1 isn't a valid
block device.

syslog reveals the error sequence

modprobe: can't locate module ide-disk
kernel: hda: driver not present

the kernel certainly is compiled with the driver in and the hardware
probe is working aok

any tips?

-- 
Robin Becker