On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 09:16:28AM -0800, Ruben Lopez wrote: > hugo vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to install sarge, but the installation doesn't seem to be > > > able to detect my hard drive. When I select the "Partition a Hard Drive" > > > option, nothing happens except the installation menu just returns to the > > > "Partition..." option. When I start cfdisk in ash I get "FATAL ERROR: > > > Cannot open disk drive". I have searched some of the buglists but I > cannot tell > > > if this is documented or has been resolved. Is there a way to get around > > > this?
I have been working (a little) with this installer on a cheap desktop. I found that it hangs on the partitioning command. A little investigation shows that it seems to have to do with the ide chipset modules (it identifies my chipset as SIS5513 (from memory) and if I disable loading of that chipset it seems to read my partitions correctly. I haven't completely tested this out yet to verify exactly what is happening (late night, lack of sleep), but maybe try expert mode and selecting your chipset? For me, I could shell out (right after the first detection phase I think) and try "fdisk -l" on an already partitioned drive. It would show the partitions if the chipset selection worked, otherwise it would not. > > > > > Don't start another thread within one. > > Sorry... I cleaned out the headers so that the threading wouldn't show up, > but I guess my hack didn't work as intended. > > > And what pray tell kind of hard > > drive *do* you have? > > Well, pray tell, I am using a Maxtor 40GB drive, but I don't think the > problem is with the drive, since I can install woody and W*nd*ws normally on > this drive. > > > And what version of the installer are you running? > > Not sure... I have the sarge iso dated 3/22/04, but I don't know how to > determine the version of the installer. I was using the 3/20 ? netinstall businesscard.iso, and checked (quickly) the 3/22 businesscard.iso - same issue as above. > > > And how are you running it? > > Not sure what you are asking here.... booting from CD, and everything seems > to go fine until I get to the partitioning option. I have tried installing > both as normal install and expert (although I am hardly an expert!). > > > > Ruben -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
