On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:01:23 +0200, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Saturday 25 October 2008, Steve Langasek wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 06:01:42PM +0200, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: >> > If I understand the situation correctly, the fact that one introduces >> > a usb key causes that key to be enumerated before the sata hard disk, >> > which causes grub to write an incorrect configuration file (since the >> > standard kernel enumerate HD first). >> >> That would only be true if the USB disk is detected by the kernel prior >> to the SATA hard disk, which seems to only be plausible if the SATA >> driver itself needs to load firmware. Is that what you're talking >> about here? > >It's true for any net-based installation (netboot, mini.iso) as those >images do contain usb-related modules, but not disk drivers. It happened on my netinst (from D-I daily) attempt when I left the USB stick inserted during startup. USB->sda, Promise SATA->sdb. The IDE drives were on hda and hdb, as I recall. I don't think any firmware is required, as this box has had etch (and others) installed in the past. From lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1) 01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (FastTrak 376) (rev 02) I'll try to file a regular installation report after I succeed. --Don -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
