Re: installation issue: "No partitionable media were found"
Hi,
Thanks much for the help. I was able to complete the
installation with linux26. And of course I encountered
the problem with the installation hanging after "Real
Time Clock Driver v1.12". But after I modified the
hwclock as mentioned in the resolution for bug
#277298, everything went through perfectly.
Thanks a lot,
Kripps/-
--- Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 10:36:40AM -0800, Asirvatham
> Kripps wrote:
> > --- Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Frans
> Pop
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 01 January 2005 03:21, Asirvatham
> Kripps wrote:
> <snip/>
> > > > Try booting with 'linux26'.
> > > That will work, but read on.
> ^^^^
>
> > > > However, be aware that SATA in some respects
> is still under development.
> > > > We see quite a few installation reports with
> problems on SATA hardware.
> > > > Changing BIOS settings or cable connections
> sometimes helps.
> > > IIRC the Dell SC420 has no such option in it is
> BIOS
> > > (but it is not needed,
> > > the standard Debian 2.6 Kernel has ata_piix
> support)
> > >
> > > > Things are sure to improve with time (maybe
> even using patches from
> > > > Red Hat that trickle back into the kernel
> sources).
> > > Asirvatham and others don't need to wait for
> ata_piix support
> > > in the 2.4 kernel, booting Debian-Installer with
> 'linux26' will do the
> > > trick.
> > >
> > > After the base install, Dell SC420 users will
> ^^^^^
>
> > > encounter bug #277298[1]
> > >
> > > Meanwhile is a workaround available. For easy
> > > installation I have made
> > > a script, fetch it with
> > >
> > > wget
> > > http://people.debian.org/~stappers/w/277298.sh
> > >
> > > then run it with
> > >
> > > sh 277298.sh
> > >
> > > and please confirm that it worked[2]
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Dell SC-420 is a new machine with nothing on
> it
> > and I'm trying to install Debian from scratch. And
> I'm
> > not sure how I can use the "277298.sh" patch,
> since
> > I'm stuck in the installation process.
> >
> > More info:
> > 1. The problem of "No partitionable media were
> found"
> > was on the latest version of Sarge.
> > 2. I tried "linux-30r3" and the installation hangs
> > after the following message:
> > hde: wdb wd800jd-75 HKA1, ATA Disk Drive
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
> > 3. Although the Dell SC-420 supports RAID, I have
> only
> > one primary hard drive in the system.
> >
> > I'm a newbie on installing Debian, so I'm assuming
> > Sarge has linux26.
>
> Yes, the installer for sarge has a 2.6 kernel
> available.
> To actived it, type after "boot:"
>
> linux26
>
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kripps/-
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Geert Stappers
> > >
> > > [1] http:/bugs.debian.org/277298
> > > [2] or needs some fine tuning
> > >
> > >
> > > P.S.
> > >
> > > Tell your hardware vendor which software you
> prefer.
> Or go to a hardware vendor who allready supports
> the software that you prefer.
>
>
> Geert Stappers
> --
> Because it is the logical order.
> > Why reply below the text?
>
>
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