Can't see HDD on cfdisk during slackware installation
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Can't see HDD on cfdisk during slackware installation
Hi!!
I'm trying to install Slackware 10.2 on a workstation, but when i go to the partition option using cfdisk it shows me only /dev/hda, where my backup is located. I also have three more HDD /dev/sda5 as a swap partition, /dev/sda6 whit linux cern and /dev/sda7 where i used to have my previous slackware version can anyone help me plz.
That's an awfully old version of slackware, you sure you don't want to try a newer one ? Either way it's probably that the kernel you are booting does not support your SATA HDD controller. Try booting say sata.i.
So at the boot: prompt just type in 'sata.i' without quotes.
When i'm in the installation menu, where i have to select in which partition i want to install slackware, there appears only hda1 but not sda where slack were installed previously, and where is installed one more distribution if linux
i also tried booting different kernels but it didn't work out
Maybe this could help when i'm using the OS and type
Code:
cfdisk /dev/sda
Name Flags Part type FS type [label] size(MB)
..................................................................................................
sda1 Primary Dell utility 2146
Pri/Log Free space 13497
sda5 Logical Linux Swap 2006
sda6 Logical Linux ext3 [/] 20012
sda7 Boot Logical Linux ReiserfFS 35738
and when i type
Code:
cfdisk
Name Flags Part type FS type [label] size(MB)
..................................................................................................
hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 80023
i passed to the kernel "bare.i hda=noprobe" and "sata.i hda=noprobe" and now it doesn't recongnize any HDD it just says "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive"
and i cannot even select in which partition i want to install slackware
i passed to the kernel "bare.i hda=noprobe" and "sata.i hda=noprobe" and now it doesn't recongnize any HDD it just says "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive"
and i cannot even select in which partition i want to install slackware
Sorry, my bad. Your installing 10.2 and I was thinking 12.2.
BTW, try the sata.i then do a 'dmesg' to see the drive configuration(s). Look at the bootdisks 'README.txt;
1. I, too, would like to suggest that you might try a more current version of Slackware, if possible.
2. However, as far as I remember, the default kernel of 10.2 was 2.4 (not 2.6), and there may be reasons, like support for specific hardware, to stick with it.
3. If you use a 2.4 kernel, you may have to watch out for this ide-scsi thing, that I don't quite recall, in order to have support for your hard disks. I guess, the sata.i kernel has the functionality provided by this module compiled into it. Nevertheless, it might be worth a try.
4. Finally, depending on your situation, you might have to compile your own kernel, or create an initial RAM disk, but I am not sure, if 10.2 had support for the latter, already.
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