Bug#139418: Installation-Problem (no harddisk found)
On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 02:14:17PM +0200, Philipp Schmidt wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-13 13:36:37 -0700, Chris Tillman <tillman@voicetrak.com>
> wrote in message <20020413203637.GC326@iMacBlue>:
> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:49:03PM +0200, Philipp Schmidt wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2002-04-13 12:57:39 +0200, Frederic Gobin <frederic.gobin@web.de>
> > > wrote in message <200204131057.g3DAvdv01538@mailgate5.cinetic.de>:
> > > > First, the Hardware : iBook (the one with a 14,1" display)
> > > >
> > > > Now, the problem :
> > > > - Booting from cd ... works
> > > > - Have to type "debian video=ofonly" at the "boot:"-prompt ... works
> > > > - Kernel start ... works
> > > > - Installer starts ... works
> > > > - opening a console ... works
> > > > - Enter "fdisk /dev/hda" ... ERROR
> > > >
> > > > "mac-fdisk: can't open file '/dev/hda' (Device not configured)
> > > >
> > > > Whats going wrong ?
> > >
> > > i have the rescent 12.1" variant, there is ab problem in the linux ide
> > > driver which prevents accessing the diskt when a media is in the cd-rom
> > > dive while booting, you mast copy the install-files to a hfs partition
> > > and boot into the installer via open firmware from harddisk. I Installed
> >
> > Is this still true with the 2.4 kernel (new-powermac flavor)?
> >
> Yes, but accessing the cd works fine _after_ the hard disk has been found,
> i've only to remember to take the cd out when booting and cannot run the
> installer from cd with the error explained above.
>
> The problem iss still there in more rescent kernel versons,
> at the moment I'm using 2.4.19-pre4-ben0 with the same problems,
> by the way - sound does not work with the install kernel, but with the
> kernel I use....
Does the kernel you're trying to boot with, when you have this problem,
have CONFIG_DEVFS set?
I will add something to the manual in the replace-rescue-kernel
section about CONFIG_DEVFS conflicting with the installer.
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