Bug#249633: installation-reports i386 netinst expert26 problem with libata install
On Thu, 2004-05-20, at 20:12:23 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Anders Lennartsson <anders.lennartsson@foi.se> [2004-05-20 21:05]:
> > Hi and thanks for your answer. FYI I sent the stuff you asked for to
> > the bug system only.
>
> Hmm, it _should_ load the right module. Can you test an image from
> http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ and tell me if it
> doesn't load the module directly? If it does not load the module, can
> you open a shell and check in /proc/modules which modules have been
> loaded. Maybe it loads the ata_piix module, but not the sd_mod
> module... or maybe not even ata_piix.
Now tested with i386 netinstall image from 20040523, directly from gluck.
Booted with expert26, and ran all the way to partitioning disks.
Directly into the partitioning menu, the system didn't recognize my
SATA-disk, only my PATA disk.
Out into a shell, where the following was reported:
by uname -a:
Linux lie 2.6.5-1-386 #2 Fri Apr 30 20:13:30 EST 2004 i686 unknown
by lsmod:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
xfs 513720 0
reiserfs 197616 0
ext3 103720 0
jbd 54168 1 ext3
vfat 14208 1
fat 41792 1 vfat
3c59x 36392 0
e1000 75140 0
sd_mod 19840 0
isofs 32312 1
ide_cd 37636 1
cdrom 36640 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 16768 0
ide_generic 1536 0
pdc202xx_new 10012 1
aec62xx 10012 0
alim15x3 11276 0
amd74xx 13212 0
atiixp 8344 0
cmd64x 11548 0
cs5520 6280 0
cs5530 6664 0
cy82c693 4868 0
generic 4224 0
hpt34x 5632 0
hpt366 19652 0
ns87415 4936 0
opti621 4740 0
pdc202xx_old 15388 0
piix 12576 1
rz1000 3200 0
sc1200 8456 0
serverworks 12308 0
siimage 12900 0
sis5513 15240 0
slc90e66 8200 0
triflex 5380 0
trm290 4996 0
via82cxxx 13084 0
floppy 55252 1
usb_storage 58688 0
scsi_mod 111692 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
ide_core 134752 29 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,pdc202xx_new,aec62xx,alim15x3,amd74xx,atiixp,cmd64x,cs5520,cs5530,cy82c693,generic,hpt34x,hpt366,ns87415,opti621,pdc202xx_old,piix,rz1000,sc1200,serverworks,siimage,sis5513,slc90e66,triflex,trm290,via82cxxx,usb_storage
usbserial 27376 0
hid 29632 0
usbkbd 6784 0
ehci_hcd 25476 0
uhci_hcd 29072 0
usbcore 93788 8 usb_storage,usbserial,hid,usbkbd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
fbcon 26564 0
font 8576 1 fbcon
vga16fb 12424 2
vgastate 8448 1 vga16fb
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vga16fb
cfbimgblt 3200 1 vga16fb
cfbfillrect 3712 1 vga16fb
unix 25776 6
Thus, no libata nor ata_piix, although sd_mod is there.
After modprobing libata and returning to the partitioning menu, no
scsi disk appeared. But a new try with manually modprobing ata_piix
gave results. (And back in partitioning I could select a partition and
apparently choose filsystem correctly, but I didn't yet proceed with
the install beyond this point.)
I'm thinking about the possibility that bios-settings are involved in
the choice of modules to load. I think that I had to select enhanced
mode on SATA only and not both SATA and PATA, because then the kernels
of february or so would hang. Now I have only tried this mode and not
made any changes.
BTW, this is not really related but there were several annoying
questions asking me if I wanted to turn on PCMCIA-support, something
which there is no hardware support for. I noticed the same question on
another machine during the weekend, so this issue is not limited to
this hardware.
Anders Lennartsson
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