Re: installing woody using siig ultra ata/133 pci card
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:57:07 -0500, xucaen wrote:
> Hi all, I'm trying to install woody (3.0r1) from CD's on a PC with an
> AMD K6 II 500mhz and a brand new Seagate 80GB Barracuda Ultra ata/100 and a
> brand new SIIG ultra ata/133 pci controller. in addition to the new Seagate,
> the pc has an IO Magic CD-ROM and an LG CD-RW. Prior to buying the new Seagate and the new
> SIIG controller the pc ran fine with a 2GB Western Digital connected to the
> on board IDE.
>
> First I tested the the SIIG controller by connecting the old western digital to
> it's primary channel and connected the cd-rom and cd-re to it's secondary channel.
> I disabled the onboard ide in the BIOS. I booted. The SIIG sucessfully detected
> all drives and linux booted. Every worked.
>
> Then I took out the western digital and installed the new Seagate to the SIIG
> primary channel. I was hoping the SIIG was smart enough to boot from cd but
> it didn't. The SIGG detected all drives but wouldn't boot the cd.
>
> Now here's where I start my trial and error. I'm not sure what is the best
> configuration to use at this point. I removed the cd-rom and cd-rw from the
> SIIG and attached them back to the secondary onboard ide and re-enabled it in
> the BIOS. SIIG detected my new Seagate, the BIOS detected both CD drives and the
> Debian woody cd booted but the debian installation didn't see the new
> Seagate.
>
> Maybe the SIIG isn't even compatible with linux?
> Is there a boot floppy out there that I can use to get the installation going?
> How can I get the debian installation to see the Seagate?
>
> Jim
Did you try fdisk the first thing after you booted the CD?
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