Hello, Well with any ataraid that uses /dev/ataraid the controller is /dev/ataraid/dN where N is a number. The partitions are /dev/ataraid/dNpX where X is also a number.
I.e. first channel first partition is d0p1 Ed => -----Original Message----- => From: David Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] => Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:50 AM => To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => Subject: Re: promise controller => => 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] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
