Hi, Problem: We have new PC with SiS 761 chipset that introduces a new SATA controller that is acutally not covered by the sata_sis driver that comes with any kernel, including the kernels from kernel.org. Solution: SIS offers a driver source on their website. If I apply this source on a already installed hard disk (on another system that has an older SiS chipset) then I can built a kernel, that also starts on the new system. Remaining problem: Customers that only have the new system and nothing else still can't install Fedora Core 4 since the installer fails to detect the hard disk. I guess that's the problem described in Bug 160404 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160404 ). Possible solution: Fedora Core 4 can be installed with the dd paramter at boot time, so I need to provide a driver disk. Questions on this: 1. Does this driver disk give me the possibility to provide a patched version of sata_sis.ko that is used instead of the version that comes from the installation DVD? So that then the installer detects my harddisk and installs the patched module as well in the kernel? 2. If (1) can be answered with "yes" then the really important question is: How do I create such a driver disk? What do I need for that? How difficult is this process? Are there RPMs with a sort of "driver disk construction kit" available? The goal is that we can provide a driver disk for our customers that enable them to install FC4 on the systems. Best regards Rainer -- Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rainer Koenig Project Manager Linux Business Clients Fujitsu Siemens Computers VP BC E SW OS Phone: +49-821-804-3321 Fax: +49-821-804-2131
