Re: Booting/Install Problems
I don't know the answer, but I did a little research.
Here is a bug report that looks similar to yours, it got closed, saying
this is fixed in woody (current development version) :
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2001/debian-boot-200104/msg00516.html
That may be because the kernel we are using for woody (2.2.19) has an
update ide driver (potato 2.2.r3 uses 2.2.19pre17).
Can anyone confirm or deny that this is true? If so you can create a boot
floppy, boot off that, and continue the installation with the CDROM.
In any case you can try simply booting off the woody boot floppies to see
if the treat you drive better (but note that woody is still in development,
as such you probably actually want to install potato, which you can do by
changing the kernel).
woody (testing, not stable) boot floppies can be found here:
http://people.debian.org/~aph/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/
-David
Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:59:16AM +0000 wrote:
> All,
>
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> As much as I've RTFMed my brains out, my Debian 2.2r3 CD-ROMs can't seem to
> find my hard drive. The message I get is:
>
> VP_IDE: IDE Controller on PCI bus 00 dev 1
> VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0 BM-DMA: at 0xd800-0x807, BIOS Settings: hda: pio, hdb: pio
> ide1 BM-DMA: at 0xd800-0x80f, BIOS Settings: hdc: DMA, hdd: pio
> hda: no response (status = 0xa1), resetting drive
> hda: no response (status = 0xa1)
> hdb: no response (status = 0xa1), resetting drive
> hdb: no response (status = 0xa1)
> hdc: CDU5211, ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
>
> The installer then tries to guide me through an installation for a diskless
> workstation.
>
> The drive is an ATA100 WDC (30GB) and the mobo is an ASUS A7V133/SWA. The
> drive is totally bare. No partitions or anything. CPU: AMD Athlon. 512MB
> of PC133 SDRAM.
>
> I'm hoping at least some of this makes sense. Many, many thanks.
>
> /DH
> Oakland, Calif.
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