How did you name the hardrive when you used fdisk? I've tried using fdisk on /dev/ataraid/hd0 and also /dev/hda .. /hdd etc without luck. Rgds, David
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'David Murphy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Eduard Bloch'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: RE: promise controller > 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]
