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Bug#259017: IDE hard-drive not being detected



Margarita Manterola wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> A friend of mine just tried to install sarge from floppies, both beta4
> and daily build, into a Pentium II (Deschutes).  
> 
> He could not finish the installation because his hard drive could not be
> detected, the /dev/ide directory was empty.
> 
> After asking on IRC, I told him to try with the "unstable" installer
> instead of "testing", but it did not make any difference.  He was using
> ftp.us.debian.org as mirror.
> 
> He then installed woody, and it worked fine.
> 
> This is the lspci after a woody install:
> 
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge
> (rev 03)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge
> (rev 03)
> 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.  82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev
> 01)
> 0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.  82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
> 100] (rev 08)
> 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.  82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
> 100] (rev 0c)
> 0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 86C326 5598/6326 (rev 0b)
> 
> What can be the reason for this?

Dunno, can you send us the syslog please?

-- 
see shy jo

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