warchild

UPDATE TIME! I have it working! w00t! ok, after some googling I found out that i need to do a update-initramfs –k 2.6.17.4 –c initrd-2.6.17.4 I now have a new initrd file in my boot dir. I then edited and created teh grub entry for it and tried too boot. At first it got booting and then tried to mount boot and errored out saying "device /dev/sda1 does not exist". I had a look in /dev/sd* and found that all the HDD devices had been changed to /dev/sdc* not /dev/sda* so I changed my grub/menu.1st and /etc/fstab to reflect this and the OS booted!! w00t! I found thou that the sky2 module didn't load on boot time even thou it's in /etc/modules (maybe I need ot put it somewhere else?????). I then did a modprobe sky2 and the module loaded, I then did a /etc/init.d/network restart and found that the NIC still didn't detect. I tried ifup eth0 and then gods be praised DHCP kicked in and look at that........ my NIC works. Thanks for your help danleff, it's really appreciated and I thought it a good idea to put it up on how I got it working. Last but not least thou, how do I get taht module loading and the NIC detecting on boot time? Thanks. ** EDIT ** /etc/modules is the correct location, for who knows what reason it just didin't work that first time.... i've rebooted a couple of times since now and it's 100%. [Edited by warchild on 2006-07-11 04:15:59]

yes, I have a Shuttle SB86i. and yes, I attempted to load sky2 from my system installation by using the command modprobe sky2 and hte module is not found in /lib/modules/<kernel version/kernel/drivers/net (from memory) and when I do that it says module not available. and no, no kernel source. it's not there unless i can get the installer to do it which owuld be handy. In the end I have downloaded the latest kernel from kernel.org put it on a USB stick and copied it onto the shuttle. It has no QT or ncurses installed so I have jsut gone for a make oldconfig and during that process it asked me about the sky2 module and i've asked it to compile. Now I am stuck, i've done a kernel compile and i've tried too boot of it but it panic's. I noticed the old kernel has a initrd but I thought initrd was gone from 2.6.12 plus and nwo you need to use mkinitramfs. i've never used it so i'm googling now on how to make a new ram disk for boot time. mkinitrd is not installed on teh system but mkinitramfs is. any help would be great. in /etc/kernel-img.conf it has a line do_initrd = yes does this mean it's using initrd-tools still or just teh same name but still using mkinitramfs? [Edited by warchild on 2006-07-11 02:11:06]

I find that very interesting danleff, becuase I am using the same hardware adn I have just successfully installed using a debian etch network install cd (EG. base system on teh cd but gets most packages off the internet) and this just worked! 100%! but now that I am in the system and in x windows my NIC no longer works. I have attempted just modprobe sk98lin and then using the NIC but this doens't work either. lspci picks it up no problem, just says Marvell Technology 88E8053. any ideas? ** EDIT ** after some thought I decided to reboot off the CD again and see if I can work out what module it was loading during the install. So once past the network detection part I moved to another tty and had a look at the syslog. the module it loads is "sky2", have a look at my system afterwards no "sky2" on the system. time to find sky2!!!!!!!! [Edited by warchild on 2006-07-10 04:43:49]