Re: Debian Installer - Problems Partitioning
Your whole problem is the DAC960 module not loading. And even if it
did, the devices on the dac are not /dev/sda, etc
but rather they are /dev/rd/c0d0, etc. I tried the sarge installer just
for fun
awhile back and had no luck with my dac960 raid arrays - I don't remember
for sure, but i don't think I got the same failure to load the module
error. But in any case - i ended up with no drives to partition.
Installing onto dac960 raid arrays is a pain, but I have sucessfully
done it with woody, after I manually created necessary entries in /dev
(there is a script to do this).
You can always temporarily plug a scsi drive onto the qlogic, install to
that, then copy everything to the raid arrays, change your fstab
entries, and install aboot to the first sector of the raid array.
Been there, done that...
Mike
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 04:45:43PM -0400, Jim and Kelly Younkin wrote:
> When I boot from the CD to install Sarge it automatically loads the
> Debian Installer. It prompts for language, and then begins.
>
>
>
> Problem #1:
>
> [?] Detect Network Hardware -
>
> Error while running 'modprobe -v DAC960'
>
>
>
> I press 'Continue".
>
>
>
> Problem #2: Let me describe.
>
> "Starting up the partitioner" brings me to a "Partition disks" main menu
> with five choices.
>
>
>
> o Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
>
> o Undo changes to partitions
>
> o Blank
>
> o Blank
>
> o Help on partitioning
>
> o Guided partitioning
>
> o Configure the Logical Volume Manager
>
>
>
> After reading "Help on Partitioning" I choose "Guided Partitioning". I
> now see a menu with one option "Manually edit partition table", so I
> choose that option, which returns me to the main "Partition disks" menu.
> I then try to "Configure the Logical Volume Manager" but it does not
> allow me to complete any of the options (Volume Groups or Logical
> Volumes) because "No usable physical volumes found".
>
>
>
> I believe I know how I want to partition my system but I do not know how
> to proceed. The docs I read indicate that because I am booting from SRM
> I must use FDISK, but I do not know how to find or run this program.
> The Debian Installer does have an option to "Execute a Shell" which runs
> "ash" using an editor called "nano". It explains that "the root file
> system is a RAM disk". Also "the hard disk file systems are mounted on
> '/target'". However, once there I do not know how to find or run FDISK.
>
>
>
> So what?
>
>
>
> Well I don't know if the first error I get is going to be a problem for
> me or not. Since it mentions DAC960, I may have some problems with my
> RAID storage devices. Since this has to do with storage, is it possible
> that I cannot partition my drives until this is resolved? Are there
> issues partitioning drives set up with RAID5? Should I partition
> *before* I run the Debian Installer? If so, how do I do this?
>
>
>
> Thanks again for your infinite Linux wisdom!
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> My system:
>
> AlphaServer 800 5/400
>
> 256MB RAM (128MB in each bank)
>
> Alphabios: v5.69
>
> SRM: v5.4-113
>
> Mylex DAC960 RAID Controller
>
> - Bank 0 (2007MB)
>
> - Bank 1 (8182MB)
>
> QLogic ISP SCSI Controller for CD-ROM
>
>
>
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