Re: No harddisk on Toshiba Satellite M40X-112 with sarge
2005-12-13 12:55 +0100, Holger Steudtner <holgersteudtner@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a big Problmen with installing Debain sarge on my Toshiba
> Satellite M40X-112 Laptop. In the installation process the harddisk can
> not be found. I logged on to the console to mount it manually, but could
> not find the hdd.
>
> When I try to install etch (testing), I can find an entry under
> /dev/discs/<forgotten>/disc (that points to /dev/scsi/disc/ with entries
> disc, part1, part2 part3 and part4). I have 4 Partitions on my hdd, that
> could be it. But under etch the dvd drive can not be found.
>
> Can anybody help me with this please?
>
> The output from lspci says:
>
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. Mobile Graphics
> Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. Mobile Graphics Controller
> (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)
> 0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.
> 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
> AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface
> Bridge (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller
> (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
> SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> 0000:06:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031
> 0000:06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032
> 0000:06:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown
> device 8033
> 0000:06:04.4 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8034
Apparently you have a SATA controller, so it would seem wise to use a
SATA-enabled kernel. For that you want a 2.6 kenel, the newer the
better. The official installation procedure can use a 2.6 kernel by
passing at boot time "linux26" as parameter. Unfortunately it is a
2.6.8 kernel, and quite a bit of work has been done regarding SATA
since then. To opt for a 2.6.12 kernel (quite likely to avoid
problems), you could use the 2.6.12 enabled netinst image compiled by
François Boisson (as announced by himself yesterday on
debian-user-french as "Sarge Netinstall 2.6.12[info]"):
ftp://charlemagne.dyndns.org/pub/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-2.6.12-FB.iso
or
http://boisson.homeip.net/sarge/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-2.6.12-FB.iso
which is a replica of Debian sarge netinstall 3.1ra for i386 using
2.6.12 (testing's 2.6 latest kernel).
--
Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ <gonhidi@gmail.com>
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