On (10/05/06 15:49), Bob wrote: > I've got a box that was running Sarge, but I wanted to upgrade it to > Etch. apt-get dist-upgrade failed due to lack of disk space, so I > decided to do a complete reinstall from a netinst CD. > > While I was at it I bunged a couple of 18Gb SCSI drives into the machine > to go along with the existing 36Gb one. The install seemed to go okay > (apart from needing a degree in brain surgery to understand LVM, which > I ended up not bothering with), but the machine has now hung upon the > post install restart. > > There is a load of stuff on the screen about attaching SCSI drives and > the final message says "Attached scsi disk sdc". Then nothing. I tried > a complete reinstall again, but the same thing has happened. > > I'm a complete dunce when it comes to this, I've never installed Debian > on a machine with more than one disk, so I don't know where to begin > to look for the problem. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction...?
The last scsi install I did was on woody some 3 years ago and the information you've provided isn't a lot to go on. However, what you could try is boot the installer in expert mode and make sure all the scsi modules are preloaded during the install. boot: expert26 HTH Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
