Hello, I had this exact same problem under woody with a hardware promise card. My solution was to switch to the alt console (alt-f2) and manually partition the disk and create the filesystem. Once this is done and you rerun the install scripts it will see the partition correctly.
Ed => -----Original Message----- => From: David Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] => Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 5:40 AM => To: Eduard Bloch => Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => Subject: Re: promise controller => => It' a Promise PDC20267 onboard ide raid (on a Tyan 200) and is setup as => RAID => 1 with 2 x 40Gb IDE HDs. => => The installer fails as it cannot find the harddrive(s) when trying to => partition / initialise, so the installation process cannot proceed. => => As far as I am aware the slackware 8.1 kernel is a standard 2.4.18 - I've => looked at the config file and it seems that the same Promise drivers are => selected for slackware as they are for the bf2.4 => => Regards, David => => => => ----- Original Message ----- => From: "Eduard Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> => To: "David Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> => Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> => Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:42 PM => Subject: Re: promise controller => => => > #include <hallo.h> => > David Murphy wrote on Tue Jul 09, 2002 um 05:29:24PM: => > > I've read jut about everything I can on trying to get debian woody to => > > install on a promise controller but the install still fails. => > => > How? => > => > > I'm using bf2.4 netinst images but the installer still fails to => detect => a => > > hard drive. => > => > Which harddrive? => > => > > An 8.1 slackware installation runs fine so I know it's not a hardware => > > problem. => > => > How did they patch their kernel? => > => > > Perhaps one of the promise drivers is not selected in the bf2.4 => kernel? => > => > Which Promise? There is dozen of models, which is yours? => > => > Gruss/Regards, => > Eduard. => > -- => > StevenK>And the whole "ARGH! What kind of drugs was I on when I coded => *that*!?" => > moshez> aj: wow, quality alcohol => > BlindMan> moshez: he needs quality alc for quality code ;) => > => => => -- => To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] => with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact => [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
