Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi list,
I have a new SATA drive (WDC WD800JD-60LUA0) that I have problems
with getting recognized by Sarge.
Knoppix finds it OK, I can partition the disk, write to it, no problems.
The Debian3.1r1 Debian Installer, finds it, identifies it, but with
installation on another PATA partition the GRUB boot fails with
99999's over the screen.
Same with Debian3.1r1 Debian Installer using expert26 and lilo: that
boot also fails with 9999's on the screen.
Booting into my normal Sarge with lilo hangs at the start with the
drive connected.
If Knoppix has absolutely no problems, I believe my problems are all
software related. Knoppix finds it as /dev/sda. I created ext2
partitions 1-7, no problems. I was unable to run lilo from Knoppix:
got errors that he could not find the right device mapper.
Anybody have a clue as to what to google for, or what to do next to
get a bootloader to run with the drive connected?
The problem is twofold (I think):
1. Booting with any bootloader and the WD disk connected with the
SII3112 HD SATA controller.
2. The BIOS-check under that condition.
I avoided (1) by using a lilo rescue disk and selecting "hard disk"
I avoid (2) with the "suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data" global option of
Lilo.
Then I have a running system with the WD disk mounted as sda1-7.
Nothing wrong with the bootloaders. Something wrong with the BIOS of
my mobo (EPOX EP-8VTAI), but I didn't see any upgrades mentioning this
problem.
H
lectori salutem,
had last summer a comparable problem when installing debian on an old
laptop using the usb_port ( /dev/sda-x ). a problem arose of which the
cause laid in the (too old) bios of this machine. could not sove it.
regards,
steef
see archives
steref
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