Arch Linux

Moo-Crumpus

Member

From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

? fresh install with need to compile basic sata driver

I want install arch on a machine with sata devices only. The hdds and dvds are controlled by a set of promise sata2 300 tx4 cards. While the factory supports linux and has released open source drivers, they are not yet part of arch's kernels.

http://www.promise.com/support/file/dri … .20.tar.gz

Could someone help me how to proceed. As far as I can see, it is a catch 22. I'ld need the driver to have a hdd device at all, so I could recieve kernel sources and compile them. On the other hand, without a kernel supporting the device, I could not store any sources to compile them.

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AndyRTR

Developer

From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: ? fresh install with need to compile basic sata driver

No floppy built in? How about building a custom iso? There's a section in our wiki ;-)

I guess we will not see 3rd party drivers in the stock kernel even when they're open source.

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: ? fresh install with need to compile basic sata driver

You should submit this as a feature request on the bugtracker. If the driver is open source, there will be no problem in providing it as a separate package or as part of kernel26 (and later including it in the next installer).

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: ? fresh install with need to compile basic sata driver

boot from a liveCD and perform an installation from that using the instructions on hte wiki on how to install from a host system.

James