Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to install debian 3.0 (woody) from CD to my Athlon PC. The > installation program fails to find my hard drive (which other > (commercial) distributions have located variously at /dev/hdg and > /dev/hde). It merely invites me to supply a Hard disk driver on a floppy > disk. > > The problem seems to be that my (sole) hard drive is _not_ on the primary > IDE controller. It is on a secondary controller because this latter > works at ATA-100 speed. > > The hard drive is in working order, and linux kernels can be successfully > booted from it. > > My motherboard is an Epox EP-8K7A (or maybe an Epox EP-8K7A+ ??). > > Presumably, I can give the installation kernel some parameter(s) which > will tell it to look at the third IDE controller to find a disk to > install onto. Presumably, also, this is described in a fine manual > somewhere I haven't yet been able to find. > > Would somebody please point me towards the appropriate documentation, so > that I can get my system installed. Of course, if anybody is generous > enough just to tell me what the pertinent parameters are, that would be > most welcome, too. :-) > > Many thanks in anticipation. >
Which boot image are you using? I assume it is "vanilla" off of the 1st CD. Try using "bf24" (boot off of cd 5 I think - or you can choose it somehow off of CD 1) and see if that works. I have an Asus A7V which has a secondary Promise ATA-100 controller onboard, and I am pretty sure it was detected automatically when I used the bf24 boot image to install. HTH Barney. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
