CW Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
I tried this, because it seemed to me that there was some sort of conflict that wasn't allowing the IDE controllers to be accessed, but that didn't help. In fact, I tried disabling several of the chipset modules, and I could never get the installer to see the hard drive. > 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. There isn't even an entry for my hard drive in /dev or fstab, so I cannot even run fdisk or cfdisk against the drive. > I was using the 3/20 ? netinstall businesscard.iso, and checked (quickly) > the 3/22 businesscard.iso - same issue as above. I downloaded my sarge isos from debian.org and am running them from the CDs. Ruben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
