Re: SATA drive probs: Knoppix OK, but nothing else

["Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Quoting Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>:

> Hi list,
>
>
> I have a new SATA drive (WDC WD800JD-60LUA0) that I have problems 
> with getting recognized by Sarge.
>
> Knoppix finds it OK, I can partition the disk, write to it, no problems.
>
> The Debian3.1r1 Debian Installer, finds it, identifies it, but with 
> installation on another PATA partition the GRUB boot fails with 
> 99999's over the screen.
>
> Same with Debian3.1r1 Debian Installer using expert26 and lilo: that 
> boot also fails with 9999's on the screen.
>
> Booting into my normal Sarge with lilo hangs at the start with the 
> drive connected.
>
> If Knoppix has absolutely no problems, I believe my problems are all 
> software related. Knoppix finds it as /dev/sda. I created ext2 
> partitions 1-7, no problems. I was unable to run lilo from Knoppix: 
> got errors that he could not find the right device mapper.
>
> Anybody have a clue as to what to google for, or what to do next to 
> get a bootloader to run with the drive connected?

IIRC, Knoppix has a newer kernel than Sarge.  You may want to try and 
get the 2.6.15 kernel from backports.org.

-Roberto

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