[K12OSN] SATA driver for K12LTSP 6, help needed.

[Dagfinn Stangeland]

On Nov 16, 2007 2:53 PM, Gustav Kramer <gjk_lists at rogers.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 13:57 +0100, Dagfinn Stangeland wrote:
> > On Nov 15, 2007 3:42 PM, Sudev Barar <sbarar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         On 15/11/2007, Dagfinn Stangeland <jodgipost at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         >
> >         > When I try to install K12LTSP 6  and the EL variant the
> >         anaconda (is it?)
> >         > installer asks for a driver for the optical drive, and won't
> >         continue.
> >         >
> >
> >
> >
> >         Try passing on some additional parameters like noapic at the
> >         boot
> >         time. Some times this works.
> >         --
> >         Regards,
> >         Sudev Barar
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > I tried to type "linux noapic" and "linux noprobe noapic" at boot
> > time, as you suggested.
> > The installer still asks for a driver and "Intel PIIX/ICH ATA
> > controllers (ata-piix)" is present on the list of drivers.
> > When I choose that driver the installer responds "can't find any
> > devices for that driver...".
> > Then back to the driver selection dialog.
> >
> > I know little of such boot time parameters, and though I found a list
> > of such parameters, I'm unable to discern which parameters could be
> > useful for my problem.
> >
> > Obviously, the DVD drive works up to that point in whatever mode that
> > is.
> > Is there any way of continuing the installation in that mode?
> > Could I pull the (unknown) needed driver off the fedora 7 or 8 install
> > media and use that via an usb memory stick?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dagfinn Stangeland
>
> Not really an answer to your question but a possible solution to your
> problem might be to do a network install by placing the DVD ISO on an
> NFS share on a second machine and selecting that option instead of local
> media as the source when you do the install.
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
And probably a good thought at that.
Problem is; I'm having trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time, so
this goes a bit over my head ;)

I know what samba share is but would need pointers on how to set up NFS
share.
If you have the time to walk me through it, I'm all ears...
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