Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Hardware Problem on new Dell Machines

[Matt B. <m...@wh...>]

Martin Ginkel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there anyone with experience with DL on some newer Machines with
> SATA_PIIX boards.
> 
> I have (mis)used DL 1.2.10 as boot-system for mass-cloning some standard
> Linux-installation to our PCs.
> On these these machines the CDROM was attached to a normal IDE Bus and
> the harddisk was accessible with the DL after loading the ata_piix
> driver via the INITRD_MODULES.
> Everything worked fine.
> 
> Now we have a new Series (Dell Optiplex 745) were the hardware has
> changed. The CDROM is now also attached to the SATA, the loading of
> the piix module fails and the CDROM cannot be found by Devil.
> 
> Is there a way to work around this problem? Are there updates to the
> kernel-modules available?

You may also want to try booting from a USB flash drive. Product
features on the DL home suggest there is "a script to install the entire
system on an USB pendrive", although I've never tried it.

Matt