Re: PATA drives disappear during installation
- From: David Bolt <blacklist-me@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:49:45 +0100
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, ajp wrote:-
I'm stuck and don't know what to try next and until I can get past this
problem I'm without a home server.
I'm building a new home server based on an Asus P4B with a PATA HDD and
DVD-RW and 4 x SATA HDDs. The build seems Ok and boots fine but when I try
to install OpenSUSE 10.2 the PATA HDD and DVD disappear :(
It sounds line it's loading the wrong kernel module for the IDE
controller, or it's not loading one at all.
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I do have a machine on the LAN running with an image available via nfs so I
can continue the install over nfs but when I go into Custom Partitioning
there's sda, sdb, sdc, sdd but no sign of hdX.
Definitely sounds like a wrong, or no, IDE controller kernel module is
loaded.
If I boot from a System Rescue CD and get gparted up all the drives are
there so it's not (generic) Linux.
Probably because that's loading the ide-generic module rather than
trying to find an exact match for the IDE controller.
What can I do to get OpenSUSE to see both the PATA and SATA drives during
install?
When you get to the boot-menu on the DVD, highlight "Installation" but,
before you press return, type the following:
insmod=ide-generic
That will force the kernel to use a generic IDE controller kernel module
and it should see the IDE devices.
Regards,
David Bolt
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