Bug#315580: installation-reports: Dell Precision 370 unusable
> I then tried expert26 mode
>
>Turning off the ata_piix module in the "Detect and Mount CD-ROM" step seems to be a solution. Now the installer will apparantly
>load the aic79xx module, but doesn't detect any of the attached disks.
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>/proc/scsi/scsi doesn't list any attached devices. I can't get add-single-device to work any magic either, even having
>modprobed in sd_mod and sg
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>So, I must admit defeat. Any hints on how I can get something working on this machine gratefully accepted :/
Matt, I just succeeded in doing this [with help from your post]. What worked for me was doing your
"expert26/no ata-piix" idea after having changed the BIOS setting for SATA to HCPI [or "combo"].
The CDROM gets mounted, and then (during hardware detection) you can *then* load ata_piix--this seems to have worked just fine.
I used "combo" in the BIOS, but HCPI should work as well.
--David Rayhawk
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