> Hi all, I'm trying to install woody (3.0r1) from CD's on a PC with an >> AMD K6 II 500mhz and a brand new Seagate 80GB Barracuda Ultra ata/100 and a >> brand new SIIG ultra ata/133 pci controller. in addition to the new Seagate, >> the pc has an IO Magic CD-ROM and an LG CD-RW. Prior to buying the new Seagate and >>the new >> SIIG controller the pc ran fine with a 2GB Western Digital connected to the >> on board IDE. >> >> First I tested the the SIIG controller by connecting the old western digital to >> it's primary channel and connected the cd-rom and cd-re to it's secondary channel. >> I disabled the onboard ide in the BIOS. I booted. The SIIG sucessfully detected >> all drives and linux booted. Every worked. >> >> Then I took out the western digital and installed the new Seagate to the SIIG >> primary channel. I was hoping the SIIG was smart enough to boot from cd but >> it didn't. The SIGG detected all drives but wouldn't boot the cd. >> >> Now here's where I start my trial and error. I'm not sure what is the best >> configuration to use at this point. I removed the cd-rom and cd-rw from the >> SIIG and attached them back to the secondary onboard ide and re-enabled it in >> the BIOS. SIIG detected my new Seagate, the BIOS detected both CD drives and the >> Debian woody cd booted but the debian installation didn't see the new >> Seagate. >> >> Maybe the SIIG isn't even compatible with linux? >> Is there a boot floppy out there that I can use to get the installation going? >> How can I get the debian installation to see the Seagate? >> >> Jim > >Did you try fdisk the first thing after you booted the CD? > >
Hi, I booted again to the CD and went to a shell and tried fdisk and cfdisk. neither one could see the hard drive. The weird thing is that when I boot my old western digital drive I am able to fdisk the new drive and mount it. But for some reason the kernel on the boot CD can't detect it. I've tried boot floppies too but I get kernel panics. :-( Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
