Promise do not yet have driver modules built for Fedora. So you have to download the Linux source code for your controller card and compile it on an existing Fedora installation. When this is complete you will be left with a module (ie. FastTrak.o)

If you are using the card in an existing Fedora environment simply:
/sbin/insmod Module.o

If this is a new installation of Fedora then copy the module onto a floppy disk. Start the installation by inserting CD1 of the Fedora discs. Press 'Enter' and do the normal graphic installation. Before the anaconda installer starts, switch to a different terminal 'cntrl-alt-F2'. This should bring you to a shell.

Mount the floppy disk and load the module:

mkdir /mnt/floppy
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cd /mnt/floppy
insmod Module.o

It should load successfully, possibly with warnings.

Switch back to first terminal 'cntrl-alt-F1' and continue the installation as normal.


- upper

hey sounds cool dude, can you post the module here so i can test it ???

cheers !!!!

anyweb

Well, the module is for the FastTrak SX4000 Series controller. I downloaded the source code from here: http://majestic.lugh.de/~fs/promise/

One thing to note when compiling the source code is that it looks in /usr/src/linux/include/

So you may want to create a symlink to /usr/src/linux from your existing kernel source code directory or modify the Makefile.


upper