On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:47:58PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > This is something of a shot in the dark, but try using a filesystem that > > is not cramfs. I vaguely remember some problems along these lines being > > due to cramfs, maybe its use is not supported on a second floppy. > > <sigh> Luser error. I was using the generic kernel-image package, > which compiles floppy support as a module. That has been corrected. > > At this point, the installer system will boot and run on my AlphaServer > 4100. I still have to manually load the modules for my NIC, and need to > include the SCSI modules in the initrd. > > One problem I've noticed that may be a bug is that when I tell the > installer to "Detect hard drives and load modules for them", it only > detects the NCR SCSI controller, which only controls my CD-ROM drive. I > have to manually load the qlogicisp module to be able to access my hard > drives. > > Also, when trying to partition the hard disks, I get: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/di-utils-partitioner.postinst 51: >/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target4/lun0/disc: Permission denied > > This just happened, so I haven't had time to investigate it. I'm going > to do that now, but if this is a known issue I'd be happy to hear about > it.
You need to fix the partitioner udeb to define FDISK for your platform. Script does $FDISK /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target4/lun0/disc buf FDISK is null. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
