Linux PXE missing mass storage driver
Where you find mass storage drivers for Linux?
In the past, I have been used DOS, WinPE and Linux to deploy different images. I would prefer to standardise on just the Linux for deployments because it is quickest booting and deploying, but I have run in to a problem with at least one specific model of computers does not locate a disk on the computer from the linux deployment task.
The computer uses Intel Vpro chipset Q963/965 family with a ICH8M / disk controller. The disk controller that seems to be the problem with Linux because when I look in the /dev folder there is no /hda1 or /sda1 folders. The PCI IDs are 8085\2820, 8086\2825 and 8086\2996 according to windows.
I can see that you just add the driver as you do for network cards then regenerate the PXE image and all should work. I found a couple on the ftp site, but these relate to ds 6.8 and I assume that they incorporated in the DS6.9 frm source ?
I have searched the intel site, as well as the debian site for a suitable ko driver file, but really don't have any real idea what I am looking for.
The question is where I find the correct drivers I need for this SATA disk controller.
Check out Altiris KB 43591
https://kb.altiris.com/display...t=&catURL=&r=0.6430017
Think you will find your answer there.
This may well be the answer but it does relate to the question
The KB clearly shows how to add network and disk driver ( as i indicated in my original post ) and I was aware of this post.
The computer is a Acer vPro with an intel chipset with the not a VIA chipset so the drivers in the article are not relevant.
What I am looking for is either an updated linux frm file with a later kernel that includes the drivers, or where I might be able to find a suitable driver ko files for the ICH8M chipset as I'm no linux expert.
In the short term, I have had to create a second condition for the deployment task that uses WinPE but it takes significantly longer to boot and deploy the image.
This is another Altiris KB that describes the process of building a driver. I forget the KB #, but it is available on the altiris download page where the linux source code for DS is available. The article is a bit old, and refers to DS 6.8 SP2, but the contcepts still apply, with the only possible difference being that DS 6.9 and 6.9 SP1 use the 2.6.18.8 linux kernel (I forget what kernel version 6.8 SP2 used).
So if you cannot find an already built driver that will work, you can follow those instructions. I am not a linux person at all, but as I read through it, it seemed like something I could do.
But to do so, means that you would need to find the source code to a linux driver. What I would do for that, is do a google search for the device/vendor id, and linux and 2.6.18.8. This is what others have done to locate the source to the driver, that they then built following instructions as mentioned in the KB.
But, 6.9 SP1 and 6.9 use the same linux kernel version. There is a possibility that the linux FRM file from 6.9 SP1 might work in 6.9, and 6.9 SP1 might have a driver that that will work It is worth a try to see if the 6.9 SP1 FRm file will work in 6.9 and to see if it has a driver. If it does not work, then just reinstall the 6.9 FRM file again.
You might also try something else. In the Boot Disk Creator, on the driver page for a linux boot configuration, there is an Internet button. This button launches a web browser to the DS support site for linux drivers that have been added after release. You might see if there is a driver there that has already been built.
I've went throught the KB to update the nic and mass storgae drivers, but they are not showing up when I pxe boot. I'm currently working on a 7900 machine and followed the KB article to update to the correct drivers. When I cd into the drivers folder for the nics I do not see any of the drivers I've updated. I went throught the PXE configuration util to configure the boot image that way, but it's as if it didn't take. I'm currently running 6.9
Use these drivers:
Use these drivers: https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=45286&p=1
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