On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:57:07 -0500, xucaen wrote: > Hi all, I'm trying to install woody (3.0r1) from CD's on a PC with an > AMD K6 II 500mhz and a brand new Seagate 80GB Barracuda Ultra ata/100 and a > brand new SIIG ultra ata/133 pci controller. in addition to the new Seagate, > the pc has an IO Magic CD-ROM and an LG CD-RW. Prior to buying the new Seagate and > the new > SIIG controller the pc ran fine with a 2GB Western Digital connected to the > on board IDE. > > First I tested the the SIIG controller by connecting the old western digital to > it's primary channel and connected the cd-rom and cd-re to it's secondary channel. > I disabled the onboard ide in the BIOS. I booted. The SIIG sucessfully detected > all drives and linux booted. Every worked. > > Then I took out the western digital and installed the new Seagate to the SIIG > primary channel. I was hoping the SIIG was smart enough to boot from cd but > it didn't. The SIGG detected all drives but wouldn't boot the cd. > > Now here's where I start my trial and error. I'm not sure what is the best > configuration to use at this point. I removed the cd-rom and cd-rw from the > SIIG and attached them back to the secondary onboard ide and re-enabled it in > the BIOS. SIIG detected my new Seagate, the BIOS detected both CD drives and the > Debian woody cd booted but the debian installation didn't see the new > Seagate. > > Maybe the SIIG isn't even compatible with linux? > Is there a boot floppy out there that I can use to get the installation going? > How can I get the debian installation to see the Seagate? > > Jim
Did you try fdisk the first thing after you booted the CD? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
