Trying to install Slack on a friends computer...

Kyl3 · 06-16-2004, 04:13 PM

When I boot from CD and let it boot bare.i, it starts probing hardware like it's supposed to... only thing is, IT WONT PROBE HDA!! Can anyone help?

Bruce Hill · 06-16-2004, 04:17 PM

You list "Slackware 10.0" for you distro - but Slack's latest is 9.1. So are you using Slack
or some other distro? What type of drive is /dev/hda? Is it IDE or SCSI?

Kyl3 · 06-16-2004, 04:19 PM

I used swaret and it gave me 10.0rc1 but i have 9.1 disks. And I think since bare.i didnt work, its probably scsi

Bruce Hill · 06-16-2004, 04:23 PM

Pull the side of the case off and look to see if the drive is hooked to an IDE or SCSI interface.
I didn't realize there was a 10.0rc1 as I've never run and development Slack.

Kyl3 · 06-16-2004, 04:26 PM

ok. thank you.

Kyl3 · 06-17-2004, 08:24 AM

linuxhaxz · 06-17-2004, 09:19 AM

Is it configured as Master or CS (cable select)

in my experience slackware dont like cs, but is perfectly fine with proper master/slave settings

I have also installed it on things like hdb and hdd with no probs, just as long as they are configured correctly