does linux detect ASUS p2b-s ?

[castelli at cscs.ch]

>Alex Farber wrote:
>>>So I just overwrite the vmlinuz with my own kernel and it
>> kind of works too - it boots, but does not start the Red Hat install
>> program (why?). It boots my old Linux from the IDE-disk.
>
>Hi again,
>
>and sorry if my mail bothers you I hope I am almost done. I guess
>the install disk with the replaced vmlinuz was booting the current
>installation and not continueing with the Red Hat installation
>program, since there was no RAM-disk support in the 2.0.35 kernel,
>that I compiled and placed at the disk. So I've recompiled and
>no the installation program comes further, boots, and after few
>questions asks me for the "supplementary disk". But when I insert
>it, I get the error message "mount: not a block device", which
>probably means not supported file system (though console shows
>"mounting ... ext2 ..." which actually IS in that kernel).
>
>So maybe someone has an idea? Some option, that I am missing
>when compiling the kernel?
>
>Greetings
>Alex
>
try to boot linux with with the file aic7xxx by:

sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/linux/distributions/SuSE/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/S
.u.S.E.-5.2/disks
remember: prepare the booting disk with rawrite...

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