Re: Problem creating filesystem
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:14:41PM -0600, Bill Brown wrote:
> The drive I'm trying to create a system on is a Maxtor 120GB. It's
> identical to the master boot drive already installed and working fine.
> I installed, formatted, and configured without issue using the Debian
> SID ISO net install disc. Again, the system boots fine, the primary
> disk is fine. The problem is the disc on the secondary IDE.
So what chipset is it connected to?
Is the ide cable the correct 80conductor type?
Do you run cable select or master/slave setting?
> Here is my apt/sources.list
> deb http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main
> contrib non-free
>
> The kicker is that I have to identical systems. I ordered hardware X2
> many months ago when I originally set these up. I have one set up and
> working. And on that one, I installed a drive on the secondary IDE, (60
> GB WD) and it partitioned and created a file system just fine.
Have you tried changing the ide cable in case it has a bad wire or
connector?
> I'm ready to think the drive is physically damaged, but 1) it's a new
> drive, and 2) I get the same problem with another drive.
>
> I'd like to stay in the apt-get install environment if at all possible,
> but if there is certainty I could get around the problem by installing
> the latest kernel source and companion progs and compiling myself - I'd
> do it. I just can't be certain of that at this point.
Len Sorensen
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