Re: Install stalling with sarge.

[Ruben Lopez <rl3@rkcc.net>]

CW Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:16:28AM -0800, Ruben Lopez wrote:
> > hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > > I am trying to install sarge, but the installation doesn't seem to
> > > > be able to detect my hard drive. When I select the "Partition a Hard
> > > > Drive" option, nothing happens except the installation menu just
> > > > returns to the "Partition..." option. When I start cfdisk in ash I
> > > > get "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive". I have searched some of
> > > > the buglists but I
> > cannot tell
> > > > if this is documented or has been resolved. Is there a way to get
> > > > around this?
> 
> I have been working (a little) with this installer on a cheap desktop. I
> found that it hangs on the partitioning command. A little investigation
> shows that it seems to have to do with the ide chipset modules (it
> identifies my chipset as SIS5513 (from memory) and if I disable loading of
> that chipset it seems to read my partitions correctly.
> 
> I haven't completely tested this out yet to verify exactly what is
> happening (late night, lack of sleep), but maybe try expert mode and
> selecting your chipset?

I tried this, because it seemed to me that there was some sort of conflict
that wasn't allowing the IDE controllers to be accessed, but that didn't
help. In fact, I tried disabling several of the chipset modules, and I could
never get the installer to see the hard drive.


> For me, I could shell out (right after the first detection phase I think)
> and try "fdisk -l" on an already partitioned drive. It would show the
> partitions if the chipset selection worked, otherwise it would not.

There isn't even an entry for my hard drive in /dev or fstab, so I cannot
even run fdisk or cfdisk against the drive.

> I was using the 3/20 ? netinstall businesscard.iso, and checked (quickly)
> the 3/22 businesscard.iso - same issue as above.

I downloaded my sarge isos from debian.org and am running them from the CDs.


Ruben