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

Hex Star wrote:
Wow, and my WDC HD is also connected through a two port SATA RAID PCI adapter...only difference is that it's 133...I see lots of similarities between our setups here...so obviously there's something about this setup that Debians bootloader setup doesn't like...:-(...lemme know please if trying lilo 1: 22.6.1-7+b1 from Sid and backporting to Sarge works, thanks! :-)
Booting lilo 22.6-1-7+b1 generated from Knoppix with SATA drive connected produces same 999's. :-( 
We ought to stay in touch off-list.
Contact me at hugo van woerkom (all one word) at yahoo dot com.

I have reported the failure to installation reports of the Etch Beta 2.
I am going to file a lilo bug report with the -v 5 output from the Knoppix run. 

Regards

H
On 3/18/06, *Hugo Vanwoerkom* <hvw59601@care2.com <mailto:hvw59601@care2.com>> wrote: 

    Hex Star wrote:
     > I'd like to report that I believe I have the same or at least, very
     > similar model HD as this person and am experiencing the exact same
     > symptoms with LILO (999s all over the screen), and despite many
     > suggestions from irc.debian.org <http://irc.debian.org>
    <http://irc.debian.org> #debian, GRUB
     > doesn't work either as when booting it halts with a error 17, which
     > despite the configuration seeming fine still happens (and
    according to
     > the grub manual that error means grub is halting because it is
    trying to
     > mount an existant partition but the partition is formatted in a
    way grub
     > doesn't know how to handle properly) seems like there's an issue
    with
     > Debian and this drive...:-(..was attemtping this all with Debian
    Sarge
     > (suggestions were things like, try running the grub installer from
     > knoppix, try changing the root (hd..) entry in the menu.lst file, etc
     > but no dice :-( ...even tried repartitioning and reinstalling
    both grub
     > and lilo numerous times (and for lilo, tried both from mbr and from a
     > partition numerous times but no go either way) and still no
    go)...also
     > neither the default 2.4.... installer kernel or the newer 2.6 one
    seems
     > to have megaraid included which I think should be included in
    order to
     > allow debian to be installed on hp netserver systems whose HD setup
     > takes advantage of the embedded HP NetRAID controller (like my HP
     > NetServer LH3R does but I can't install Debian because it doesn't
    seem
     > to have the megaraid controller...:-( )


    Thanks. To summarize:
    This is an EPOX EP-8VTAI mobo with 2 80GB PATA drives and 1 WDC WD800
    JD-60LU 80GB SATA drive that is connected *not* to the mobo but to an
    SATA150 RAID 2 port PCI Host Adapter, as only drive, not using raid.

    Reason for this setup: Power up hangs in POST with the drive connected
    directly to the mobo.

    The drive works fine in Knoppix 4.0.2: can be written to,
    partitioned, etc.

    With the Sarge 3.1r1 d-i in either grub or lilo the boot of the new
    partition on a PATA drive fails with 99999's on the screen.

    As with the latest Etch beta 2 installer, either grub or lilo.

    As with a lilo that is run under Knoppix on a PATA drive.

    Trying lilo 1:22.6.1-7+b1 from Sid and backporting to Sarge.

    H




     >
     > On 3/16/06, *Hugo Vanwoerkom* <hvw59601@care2.com
    <mailto:hvw59601@care2.com>
     > <mailto: hvw59601@care2.com <mailto:hvw59601@care2.com>>> wrote:
     >
     >     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?
     >
     >     Thanks!
     >
     >     H
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