On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 01:32:19PM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote > Not sure whether this has been mentioned already in this thread, but > at one stage of kernel development* when I was installing on a new > laptop, I had to switch AHCI off in the BIOS for the installation > kernel to be able to see the hard disk, then back on again once I > was running my own kernel. > > Perhaps something like this is happening to you. > > * At least, the kernel as configured for the Gentoo minimal > installation CD.
It turned out to be something quite different, namely a missing driver; see my "Acer Aspireone AO751h install hints" thread. It's finally up and running. I'll rebuild (emerge system and emerge world) before I get any optional apps on it. That should speed things up a bit. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
