Bug#340390: Installation report: no disks detected
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:59:52PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: CD
> Image version: etch beta1 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/etch_d-i/i386/beta1/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
> Date: 2005-11-22 22:00 Pacific
>
> Machine: OmniPro Intel System
> Processor: P4 630 3GHz
> Memory: 2G
> Partitions: one DOS parition from Win98 installer Fdisk
>
> Output of lspci and lspci -n: ? sorry
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot worked: [O]
> Configure network HW: [O?]
> Config network: [ ] cable not connected; skipped
> Detect CD: [O]
> Load installer modules: [?]
> Detect hard drives: [E]
> Partition hard drives: [ ]
> Create file systems: [ ]
> Mount partitions: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Reboot: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
> The installer did not detect any hard drives. I suspect this has
> something to do with the motherboard, which I think is relatively new:
> Intel D945PSNLK. One 250GB WD SATA hard drive. The block diagram
> shows that the Intel 945P chipset controls the drive via the Intel
> 82801G hub.
>
> Still, I thought this was pretty generic; I'm a bit surprised there
> was a problem. The vendor did say the hardware should work with
> Linux.
What mode is the bios set to for sata?
In my experience the intels must be set to native/enhanced not
combined/emulated for them to work properly with linux. They should
appear as /dev/sda not /dev/hda. Might have to be in ahci mode to work
at its best if it supports that new standard.
> The system also has a floppy and and DVD/CD drive; I booted off the
> latter.
>
> fdisk /dev/hda when I shelled out reported it couldn't find the device.
>
> It's a new machine.
>
> I was a little surprised to see a reference to devfs in some of the
> material that flew by. Other messages suggested a 2.6 kernel; I
> thought it used udev, not devfs.
devfs is gone as of 2.6.13, but the debian installer still used it with
2.6.12. New installers will have 2.6.14 at some point with no devfs in
use.
> I gave this a shot because my initial Win98 installation got hung up.
> The Win98 installer did detect and partition the hard drive, though
> the reported size (40G) was much smaller than the actual size (250G).
> I manually create one 6G partition at the start. The Win98 install
> hung up before I got to format the partition.
Not sure win98 supports drives that big. Quite sure it doesn't
actually.
Len Sorensen
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