On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 01:32:12PM -0600, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:27:24AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > > Disk partitioning only offers /dev/sda; I have /dev/sdb as well > > which is where I actually wanted to install. Was able to used > > mac-fdisk from the shell manually to partition /dev/sdb > I think this might be a ui bug in the partitioner. If you're in a > position to try again, I'd like to see what /proc/partitions looks > like. That and the relevant bits about sdb from dmesg.
Will a current /proc/partitions (ie after an install) do? I'm running the install kernel and I didn't actually change the partition table as there was already Linux + swap partitions on the disk from an ancient install. > I'd also like to see if the new partitioner (partman) handles this > better. If you feel like it, boot with DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low and select > "Partition a disk." Let us know what you think. Hmmm. I'll try to have a look, but it'll probably be a couple of weeks before I have time as I'm away over Easter. > > I initially tried with a SyQuest removable drive rather than the > > Conner drive as sdb, but when it didn't get listed I assumed it > > wasn't being detected. > Probably not, but if the kernel knows about it, then we can support > it. Can you find anything about it in dmesg? I think this was just the same bug as above with not showing sdb; the drive came up fine in dmesg and should just be a normal removable SCSI HD. > > All ok until I rebooted into the new system (used the same kernel as > > for install but told Penguin to pass root=/dev/sdb5): > > > > No /etc/fstab; or rather, an empty one. > I think I've been hearing about this bug lately on debian-boot. That's > annoying. Yeah, certainly doesn't seem m68k specific though. J. -- ] http://www.earth.li/~noodles/ [] "Computers are unreliable, but [ ] PGP/GPG Key @ the.earth.li [] humans are even more unreliable." [ ] via keyserver, web or email. [] --Gilb [ ] RSA: 4DC4E7FD / DSA: 5B430367 [] [ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
