Bug#342359: installation-reports failure SATA HDD No common CD-ROM drive was detected
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 07-Dec-2005 Sarge 3.1r0a jigdo CD iso
uname -a:
"No partitionable media"
Linux Debian 2.4.27-2-386 #1 THU Jan 20 10:55:08 JST 2005 i686 UNKNOWN
"No common CD-ROM drive was detected"
Linux (none) 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 UNKNOWN
Date: 07-Dec-2005 10:00 UTC
Method: Boot from CD
Machine: Dell Dimension 8400
Processor: Pentium 550
Memory: 1 Gbyte
Root Device: EIDE/SATA
Root Size/partition table:
n.b. fdisk output from Ubuntu test install after encountering problem
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 7 19093 153316327+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 19094 19452 2883667+ db CP/M /
CTOS / ...
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 2611 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 2612 5043 19535040 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 5044 5165 979965 5 Extended
(Ubuntu /)
/dev/sdb5 5044 5165 979933+ 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
n.b. from ubuntu 5.1 test instal
cmc@nimbus:~$ sudo lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 925X Memory Controller Hub (rev
04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 925X PCI Express Root Port (rev 04)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC
Interface Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.2 0106: Intel Corp. 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA
Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown
device 5b60
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device
5b70
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
0000:04:01.0 Modem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1080 (rev 04)
0000:04:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
cmc@nimbus:~$ sudo lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2584 (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2585 (rev 04)
0000:00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03)
0000:00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2662 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev d3)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2640 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:266f (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2652 (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70
0000:02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1677 (rev 01)
0000:04:01.0 0703: 8086:1080 (rev 04)
0000:04:02.0 0401: 1102:0007
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: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Seems to be a problem with SATA drives.
EITHER
Boot the default 2.4 kernel finds the CD-ROM but not the HDDs
"no partitionable media"
OR
Boot linux26 fails to find the CD-ROM
"No common CD-ROM drive was detected"
Catch 22
A colleague gave me a copy of a ubuntu DVD to see if it could handle the
SATA drives which it did successfully.
I had successfully done a test install on old machine with an IDE drive.
However on the DELL, installation proceeded normally until the error
message.
Are there any boot options that might help?
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