[PlanetCCRMA] New User: FC1 Install (booting) Problems and possible solutions

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 18:47, Louis Lam wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm new to this list and tryin to get the Planet to
> work on my system.
> 
> I've sent a mail to this list regarding the FC1
> installation. The problem is that the ata-piix module
> was in the modules.conf file and the planetccrma-core 
> installation didn't go through. Removing that line in
> the modules.conf file made the installation possible.
> 
> When I try to boot from the planetccrma kernel, the
> system hangs at something like:
> 
> hde: attached ide-disk driver
> 
> I suspect this is due to the kernel detecting a SATA
> disk on my system and was unable to load that disk.
> I'm running on an intel 875 chipset. 
> 
> Originally I installed the FC1 onto the SATA disk when
> this problem occured, but later reinstalled the OS
> onto the PATA drive (hda1) thinking that maybe it
> would solve the problem, but it didn't.
> 
> Then I tried to install the "capabilities" kernel, it
> booted fine. But when I checked the "lowlatency" file
> in the /proc system it is not there.

The capabilities kernel is the original redhat kernel plus the
capabilities patch (which enables you to run jack as a normal non-root
user). It has a partial low latency patch that is better than nothing
but does not provide the best possible performance. 

> So, I have the following  options/questions that I can
> think of:
> 
> 1. Use the capabilities kernel for low latency audio
> work:
>   - Do I have to patch the kernel with low
> latency/preemptive?

That would be difficult because the full latency/preemptible kernel
patch conficts with other (complex) patches that redhat applied to their
kernels. 

> 2. Try to get the ccrma kernel to work with my system
> 
>   - recompile kernel the only option?

My guess is that the ccrma kernel is detecting the drives in a different
order and/or naming them differently than the original redhat kernel
that was used to install fc1. 

Exactly what drives do you currently have attached to the system? On
which one do you have fc1 installed? Also, if you have multiple installs
and/or multiple drives it may be possible to confuse the boot process
(depending on how the installs were done). 

Could you send a few more lines before the point where the system hangs?

-- Fernando