On Monday 10 May 2004 07:34, Radek Zavicak wrote: > Hi, > > I have problem to install Fedora Core 1 to a SATA hard disk connected to the > VIA VT8237 SATA controller on the ASUS A7V600 motherboard (VIA KT600 > chipset). The Fedora installer cannot see the SATA disk. I searched this > mailing list and found a link to Mike Insch's mini-HOWTO > http://fedoranews.org/contributors/mike_insch/sata/. I created the driver > diskette as described in the howto (the only difference was that I used the > same PC with FC1 installation on a temporary connected ATA IDE disk). When > I attempt to install Fedora onto a SATA only system and use the driver > diskette I am not able to succesfully load the driver. Switching to the VC3 > terminal (CTRL+ALT+F3) I can see the messages about unresolved symbols: I think need to wait for FC2, it will suerly work or try FC2T3 (for me work with my VT8237 i686/x86_64) > ... > *module viamraid found on driver disk 1 > *loaded viamraid from /tmp/ramfs/DD-0/modules.cgz > /tmp/viamraid.o: unresolved symbol scsi_unregister_Rd039d977 > /tmp/viamraid.o: unresolved symbol scsi_register_Rc1833384 > /tmp/viamraid.o: > Hint: You are trying to load module without a GPL compatible license > and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for > assistence, only they can help you. > *failed to insert /tmp/viamraid.o > > I continued to work around this problem as described in Section 6 of Mike's > HOWTO and I wanted to correct the hex digits after scsi_registerR and > scsi_unregister_R strings in viamraid.o-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl. But unlike Mike > I have nothing to correct, the hex digits are same as those I could see in > the VC3 terminal. I think that it is because I created the driver on the > same PC as the PC I am installing to. Mike used different donor PC. > > Does anybody know how to succesfully load the viamraid driver? > Does anybody have a working viamraid driver diskette for FC1? > > Thanks for any advice > > Radek Zavicak > >
