Hi, Hans wrote: > I tried to install debian 9 on an older computer with an IDE hdd. The > installation went fine, until the installer wantet to install grub into the > mbr. > [...] > Is this issue known at all?
The chances for recognition increases if tangible info is given. E.g. original messages and the situation in which you end up. > The problem: The installer sees the drive as /dev/sda and not, as it should > be, as /dev/hda. What in particular indicates that the naming change from /dev/hdX to /dev/sdN is the reason for the failure ? According to http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition-Mass-Storage-Definitions-Naming-HOWTO/x99.html this happened in 2007 when the SATA driver swallowed the IDE driver. (I dimly remember the name "libata" from times of kernel 2.6.) > TRK (Trinity Rescue Kit) [...] > sees the drive as /dev/hda, but is telling me, that it can not be mounted > due to false tags. Maybe this has the same cause as the problem with Debian 9 ? I wonder what might be a "false tag" in the context of which program. (As said, a few original messages would beautify your re-narration.) The kernel of TRK must be quite old if it still uses /dev/hdX. Have a nice day :) Thomas
