Recently attempted to install debian on an NEC Versa 5080x Laptop. I
experienced a problem when trying to install from USB. The NEC is an
older laptop with USB support. I can not boot directly from the USB, but
can use a boot floppy.
I first prepared my SanDisk UsbDrive as instructed in the installer
release-notes. I began booting from floppy and when we got to the second
stage of the install process we started installing from the USB drive.
I was asked only the following questions in the install. First, language
to proceed: I chose English. Second network card, I chose xirc2ps_cs.
Told the installer to assign the IP address using DHCP.
We then continued on in the installation process a little further until
I encountered the following ERROR:
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive.
Press any key to exit CFdisk.
System was hung at this point.
I have enclosed an inventory listening of all components in the laptop.
Currently, I have Redhat 8 installed and it is fully capable of booting
so I know the harddrive is functional.
If you have any questions please let me know..
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Sam Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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=> Its just gonna be another one of those days... David Palmer <=
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NEC Versa 5080x laptop w/usb connector
localhost.localdomain
description: Computer
*-core
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 64MB
*-cpu
product: Mobile Pentium MMX
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
version: 5.8.1
size: 229MHz
capabilities: f00f_bug fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82C701 [FireStar Plus]
vendor: OPTi Inc.
physical id: 100
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00.0
version: 32
clock: 33MHz
*-isa UNCLAIMED
description: ISA bridge
product: 82C700 [FireStar]
vendor: OPTi Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:01.0
version: 31
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller (VGA)
product: NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD]
vendor: Neomagic Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02.0
version: 00
size: 16MB
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga bus_master
resources: iomemory:fd000000-fdffffff iomemory:fea00000-febfffff
iomemory:fed00000-fedfffff
*-pcmcia:0
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI1131
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 3
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:03.0
version: 01
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master
configuration: driver=cardbus
resources: iomemory:10000000-10000fff irq:9
*-pcmcia:1
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI1131
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 3.1
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:03.1
version: 01
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master
configuration: driver=cardbus
resources: iomemory:10001000-10001fff irq:9
*-network
description: CreditCard 10/100
product: CE3-10/100
vendor: Xircom
physical id: 0
version: 1.00
slot: Socket 1
resources: irq:3
*-network
description: Ethernet controller
physical id: 0
logical name: eth0
serial: 00:80:c7:3c:37:2a
capabilities: mii autonegotiation 100bt-fd 100bt 10bt-fd 10bt
ethernet
configuration: autonegociated=100bt broadcast=yes driver=xirc2ps_cs
duplex=half ip=10.10.10.102 link=yes multicast=yes
*-usb UNCLAIMED
description: USB Controller (OHCI)
product: 82C861
vendor: OPTi Inc.
physical id: 4
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:04.0
version: 03
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci
resources: iomemory:10002000-10002fff
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82C825 [Firebridge 2]
vendor: OPTi Inc.
physical id: 14
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:14.0
version: 30
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
resources: ioport:fcf0-fcff
*-ide
description: Channel 0
physical id: 0
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
logical name: ide0
clock: 33MHz
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HITACHI_DK226A-32U
physical id: 0
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:master
logical name: /dev/hda
version: 00R0A0A2
serial: 551807
size: 3091MB
capacity: 3091MB
capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm
configuration: smart=on
