Debian Hard disk dont get detected
Hi,
I am trying a network install of debian 6.0 by dumping the contents of a DVD onto my local http server. For some reason the Western Digital 80 GB pata HDD doesn't get detected when i click on 'detect disk',i even tried with a SATA,no luck. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks! |
What motherboard? It may be that you need to use non-free firmware during the install for the disk controller.
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hi,you are right.I downloaded the nonfree drivers from and extracted all the debs to my thumbdrive and it worked.
I think the initrd.gz file in netboot image doesn't contain any IDE or SATA drivers. I was wondering shouldn't the debian-installer pickup the initrd.gz file from my DVD,why does it have it have to pick it up from the netboot image. |
I suspect that the issue is related to your specific motherboard. The chipset on the motherboard probably falls under the Debian "non-free" guidelines. They don't include those kernel modules by default from Squeeze on. You have to download them separately.
Just out of curiosity, what chipset is on your motherboard? |
I think you needed to select them from load installer components.
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@pljvaldez - my motherboard is intel DG31PR with core2duo proc
If i make a new initrd.gz file with the non-free drivers in it,where do i put it?Into the DVD repository i.e /var/www/debian/install.amd/ or into the netboot image :-? @EDDY- I tried selecting everything from the load isntaller components,but it didnt work. |
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware
Or just download a netboot image that already has the non-free firmware. |
Hi,
I made a custom initrd.gz file which solved the problem,and also if i used a business CD,the HDD and ethernet cards gets detected,but not when i use a netboot cd ( which is 16mb). Strangely,everything goes fine with my network installation until the moment when grub-pc fails to install :(,i don't know why the grub fails even after using the DVD as my repository,may be i'll figure it out this weekend. ---------- Post added 03-23-11 at 11:17 AM ---------- Hi, I made a custom initrd.gz file which solved the problem,and also if i used a business CD,the HDD and ethernet cards gets detected,but not when i use a netboot cd ( which is 16mb). Strangely,everything goes fine with my network installation until the moment when grub-pc fails to install :(,i don't know why the grub fails even after using the DVD as my repository,may be i'll figure it out this weekend. |
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