Re: Install stalling with sarge.

[Ruben Lopez <rl3@rkcc.net>]

hugo vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> 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
> > 
> 
> <snip>
> 
>  From what CW says it might be the fact that you are partitioning. Did 
> you check the install-report package for bugs? I don't don't partition, I
> only use what there is and format. But I also have a 40GB maxtor and so
> that ain't it.
> 
> So do you have to partition? Is it a new disk? If so partition on an
> existing linux, or better yet, run Knoppic and do the partitioning with
> it, just use cfdisk.
> 
> Then run the installer again and don't partition but just format.
> 

The problem comes before that - I cannot access the drive at all, so I 
cannot run cfdisk to format or partition. I tried installing with a blank 
drive and then with the drive already partitioned, but the result was the 
same - the installer hung at the "Partition..." option and using ash I could

not access the disk. 
 
 
 
Ruben