Package: debian-installer Version: daily build 25 Jan 2005 Method: Installed from boot & root floppies Machine: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 Processor: Athlon XP 3200+ Memory: 1 GB Root Device: Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATA RAID Hard disks: 2x Maxtor 6Y160M0 (160Gb) in a single 320Gb stripe set
This is *exactly* the same bug as #265424, which does not appear to have been addressed or even acknowledged. Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Unlike Todd (the author of #265424), I did not attempt to use a CD drive. Please see #286939 for my tribulations here (I was trying to use via82cxxx instead of amd74xx - I suspect I will be able to use the CD next time). I had to use expert mode and manually modprobe siimage, ide-detect, ide-disk, ataraid and medley, in that order. Using non-expert mode caused a total freeze during loading of ide-detect, every time. Once medley was loaded, I was able to partition and create filesystems successfully. Note that Todd's point about the default options being dangerous still stands - only by using manual partitioning could I see the existing partitions of the stripe set. After installation, I ignored grub and installed LILO, which worked fine. It even detected my Windows installation on /dev/ataraid/d0p1 and included it. Then I rebooted, and it tried gamely to install hptraid and pdcraid, but not medley! So it could not find the root device (/dev/ataraid/d0p3) and panicked. It's now over 5 months since Todd submitted #265424, and it's surely a simple matter of adding medley.o to that part of the script which tries the other ataraid drivers. Grateful if someone could add this asap. (Todd, if you've managed to work around this yourself, I'd love to know how!) CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
