Re: Installing Debian/Hurd
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 11:12:27AM -0500, Cowboy wrote:
> >> curt@gwis.com <curt@gwis.com> wrote --
> >>
> >> > >> From: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
> >>
> >> > >> The scsi and all other block device drivers in gnumach are taken
> >> > straight
> >> > >> from linux, with very little changes in some cases.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> In most cases you can just plug the linux source file in the appropriate
> >> > >> directory and do some changes to the source and expect it to work.
> >> >
> >> > Well, in that case, I expect I need a source package so I can do some
> >> > playing around meself !
>
> So...
> Here's a stupid question.
> Where, or which, collection of source do I need, where do I get it ?
You need gnumach from www.gnu.org/software/devel and whatever driver you are
going to try (fro www.kernel.org for example).
>
> Are we talking about simply re-compiling a kernel ?
Not really, although you can try that first, too, just enabling the driver you
are going to need (the default kernel conains lots of scsi drivers).
If this won't work, you can try updating the driver you need by copying
the file from linux to gnumach and compile again.
> My understanding was ( perhaps in error ) that as a micro-kernel, these
> things are external processes ?
>i
The hardware drivers are currently in the kernel.
> Next, this same box works and has worked under linux kernels starting
> with a buzz release and 2.0.6 kernel to the current debian 2.1 and a
> 2.2.11 kernel using autoload modules for the scsi.
>
Can you tell me again which scsi controller you have?
> >> On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 01:51:00PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >> > On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 01:16:08AM -0600, Ali Hamisheh-Bahar wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Sounds like this is a great opportunity for you to dig into the scsi
> >> > > driver code! ;-)
> >> >
> >> > The first thing to do would be to update the scsi driver code of your
> >> > controller with the latest linux version (I am not sure if 2.2.x will work,
> >> > maybe try with 2.0.x first).
> >> >
> >> > Marcus
>
> The "controller" ??
>
> I'll admit to being very new and inexperienced in dealing with the hurd,
> and not so familiar with linux deep internals, but I'm afraid "controller"
> to me means the scsi BIOS on the card. Do I mis-understand ?
No, the chipset on your scsi controller. You have a controller and one or
several scsi media drives (hard disk, cdrom etc). Now, what is your controller.
For example, Adaptec 2940-UW and WD7000 are controller (or, to be more specific
sometimes one driver works for all controllers that use the same chipset).
> I do have the advantage of enough redundancy to be able to try about
> anything, no matter how disasterous ( including destroy a monitor or video
> card, but not to the point of smoking a motherboard ) and am willing to do
> so ( whence I get back home ) if it'll help.
No life in danger here :)
Thanks,
Marcus
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