Adaptec aha1542

[David Nedrow]

Ahh, thanks for the directions.

-David

On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:46, Bevan C. Bennett wrote:

> David Nedrow wrote:
>
>> It looks as though Core 1 does not include the necessary module 
>> (aha1542.o). Assuming that the module from RH 9 might be made to 
>> work, what is the mechanism for using it? Just copy it to a floppy, 
>> mount the floppy during the install and insmod?
>
> It's a little more complicated than that, because you need to have a 
> module that's compiled for your current kernel. It -does- look like 
> the FC1 kernel-source contains the aha1542 code, it just isn't 
> compiled in the default binary kernel rpms.
>
> So, what you'd need to do is:
> 1) install the current kernel-source rpm somewhere (and gcc32, it's 
> prerequisite).
> 2) "make menuconfig" and turn on the aha1542 module.
> 3) "make dep" and "make modules"
> 4) Take the generated aha1542.ko module
>
> Now your best bet is probably to follow instructions like those at:
> http://birger.sh/computing/RedHat_9_customized_install_media_howto.html
> only instead of adding a module to the network driver floppy, add it 
> to the block driver floppy.
>
> Write out the modified, aha1542 containing driver floppy and use it 
> normally during install.
>
> Not exactly a cakewalk, but definately do-able.
>
>
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