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

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> 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.

Sorry Roberto, I omitted the kernel version: 2.6.15-ck7, the latest 
stable version from Con Kolivas.

H