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Author: Mark Phillips
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
CC: gm5729
Subject: Re: Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and my machine won't boot
According to this page
http://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/PCI#Supported_by_Debian_Kernel_Modules,
the card is supported in the 2.6.26. kernel with the siimage module.

Mark

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:30 PM, gm5729 <> wrote:

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> 6. Upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, and my machine won't
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> I have an older Dell Optiplex GX260 running Debian lenny. It has worked for
> years as a desktop and a small web server. At one point one of the
> integrated IDE disk controller channels died, so I installed a new disk
> controller card, a Silicon Image 0680 ATA133 and it worked out of the box
> with the two drives for the past 3 months. Last weekend I tried a
> dist-upgrade to squeeze. The upgrade had no errors, so I rebooted the
> machine, and now all I get is a grub menu.
>
> When the machine boots, the Silicon Magic displays it's banner and
> recognizes the two drives installed in the machine (same as before the
> upgrade). I then get the message loading grub 1.5, and I then get dumped to
> a grub menu. It seems the boot process does not access the Silicon Image
> controller, although it did before I upgraded to squeeze. I tried accessing
> the drive from the grub prompt, but the disk access light does not seem to
> light up - only the cd light.
>
> I tried booting from a Knoppix 4.6.6 CD, and it worked. I am able to browse
> the internal hard drives with no problem and read files. So, at least
> Knoppix can use the controller card and the hardware is not dead. I noticed
> on the upgrade from lenny to squeeze I went from kernel 2.6.21 to 2.6.26.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get the machine to boot again?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Most likely you are going to have to check your hardware compatiblity
> lists. Yes, but why? Debian now has a TOTAL Libre Kernel. Any hardware that
> doesn't comply with FOSS standards has been yanked out.
>
> gk
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