Re: promise controller
How did you name the hardrive when you used fdisk? I've tried using fdisk on
/dev/ataraid/hd0 and also /dev/hda .. /hdd etc without luck.
Rgds, David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Street" <blacknet@simplyaquatics.com>
To: "'David Murphy'" <david@firechaser.com>; "'Eduard Bloch'" <edi@gmx.de>
Cc: <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: promise controller
> Hello,
>
> I had this exact same problem under woody with a hardware promise card.
> My solution was to switch to the alt console (alt-f2) and manually
> partition the disk and create the filesystem. Once this is done and you
> rerun the install scripts it will see the partition correctly.
>
> Ed
>
> => -----Original Message-----
> => From: David Murphy [mailto:david@firechaser.com]
> => Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 5:40 AM
> => To: Eduard Bloch
> => Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> => Subject: Re: promise controller
> =>
> => It' a Promise PDC20267 onboard ide raid (on a Tyan 200) and is setup
> as
> => RAID
> => 1 with 2 x 40Gb IDE HDs.
> =>
> => The installer fails as it cannot find the harddrive(s) when trying to
> => partition / initialise, so the installation process cannot proceed.
> =>
> => As far as I am aware the slackware 8.1 kernel is a standard 2.4.18 -
> I've
> => looked at the config file and it seems that the same Promise drivers
> are
> => selected for slackware as they are for the bf2.4
> =>
> => Regards, David
> =>
> =>
> =>
> => ----- Original Message -----
> => From: "Eduard Bloch" <edi@gmx.de>
> => To: "David Murphy" <david@firechaser.com>
> => Cc: <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> => Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:42 PM
> => Subject: Re: promise controller
> =>
> =>
> => > #include <hallo.h>
> => > David Murphy wrote on Tue Jul 09, 2002 um 05:29:24PM:
> => > > I've read jut about everything I can on trying to get debian
> woody to
> => > > install on a promise controller but the install still fails.
> => >
> => > How?
> => >
> => > > I'm using bf2.4 netinst images but the installer still fails to
> => detect
> => a
> => > > hard drive.
> => >
> => > Which harddrive?
> => >
> => > > An 8.1 slackware installation runs fine so I know it's not a
> hardware
> => > > problem.
> => >
> => > How did they patch their kernel?
> => >
> => > > Perhaps one of the promise drivers is not selected in the bf2.4
> => kernel?
> => >
> => > Which Promise? There is dozen of models, which is yours?
> => >
> => > Gruss/Regards,
> => > Eduard.
> => > --
> => > StevenK>And the whole "ARGH! What kind of drugs was I on when I
> coded
> => *that*!?"
> => > moshez> aj: wow, quality alcohol
> => > BlindMan> moshez: he needs quality alc for quality code ;)
> => >
> =>
> =>
> => --
> => To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-request@lists.debian.org
> => with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
> => listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: