On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Paul Sabatino wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Paul Sabatino wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 Apr 2002, Paul Sabatino wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install 8.2b2 on an 600 Mhz iBook. I attempted to > > > > > partition the disk several different was and always got an error that it > > > > > could not find the disk. So I dropped in to the shell and started poking > > > > > around. Then I realized that the error wasn't due to the installer not > > > > > finding partitions, it was due to not having /dev/hda at all. Running > > > > > dmesg I find that on boot up it jumps right to hdb and says nothing > > > > > about hda. This machine installs OS9 and OSX just fine, is there some > > > > > firmware or kernel option that might help it find the correct device? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Generally there is no magic involved in finding an IDE hard drive. IDE > > > > support is built into the kernel. hdb on the iBook is the CD right? > > > > > > > > Stew Benedict > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct hdb is the CD-RW drive. > > > > > > Paul Sabatino > > > > > > > > I see a message that says something to the effect 'resetting device' for > > hdb, could that have anything to do with it? > > > > This is a brand new iBook so I'm begining to wonder if they switched drive > > vendors or something else that would cause the drive to not be seen. > > > > This is the first occasion I've seen where an ide hard drive was not > recognized. The controller is obviously found, since hdb shows up. It's > possible that drive vendors were changed, but I haven't ever really come > across a drive that Linux just plain wouldn't see. You might try > > dmesg | grep ide > > and see if any more info shows up. > > Stew Benedict > > Just for the heck of it I grabbed the YDL 2.2 iso, and tried it on the same iBook with exactly the same results. No /dev/hda and no mention of /dev/hda in the dmesg output. Nothing seemed unusual in the dmesg output, except for the fact that the hda device was missing :( If I get a chance I'll try an install again and post all the ide messages.
Paul Sabatino
