On 28 Nov, this message from Bob Deblier echoed through cyberspace: > I've been experimenting with trying to install debian on a 7300/166 equipped > with a > Sonnet Tempo ATA card. Problem is that the kernel (I've tried up to > several of the 2.4 series, up to 2.4.16) seems to recognize the > hardware (as ide2 and ide3) and the attached disks (as hde and hdf), > but the debian installer insists that there are no disks available. > > Any advice on how to proceed?
I suppose you're trying to instal with your custom kernel; in that case, be sure to enable 'Boot offboard chipset first' suport under the IDE configuration. This makes your IDE ports become ide0 and ide1 instead of 2&3. What I suspect here is that the debian installer doesn't have the device nodes for accessing these disks. You can verify that by dropping into a shell while in the installer, and verifying that /dev/hde* and /dev/hdf* nodes are present (or absent). And tell your mailer to wrap lines at 72 characters, please. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
