Pixel wrote:
> it should be somewhat easy to fix, if you give me some info:
> - the output of "lspcidrake -v"
> - doesn't it work if you "modprobe hptraid" on console 2 at the
> beginning of install (say, the language selection step)
> - what are the names for these devices, sda ? what do you get in
> /proc/scsi/scsi

(this is with beta2)
First of all, if I ctrl+alt+f2 at language part, even if I do nothing, I
can't get back to the install.

glib-WARNING**: getpwuid_r(): failed due to No such user 0
Entering step 'Choose Your Language'

before i modprobe hpt raid the partitions i get are hde: [PTBL] hde1
hde2 <hde5> hde3 hde4
hdg: unkown partition table

after I "modprobe sd_mod | modprobe hptraid"

dmesg shows list of partitions such as ataraid/d0 ataraid/d0p1
ataraid/d0p2 <ataraid/d0p5>
and then HPT software raid driver for Linux version 0.01 or something
like
that and lists
Drive0: 38GB
Drive1: 38GB
Raid array of 2 Drives

"cat /proc/scsi/scsi" gives me:
Attatched devices: none

"lspci -v" gives me:
....
hptraid: Triones|HPT366 Subvendor:0x1103 Subdevice: 0x0001
....
I read somewhere that you need to use the hpt372 driver for 372 and
above, not the old 366 linux drivers,
So I put them on disk and tried to use expert mode, but then it boots
from the floppy image (to get rid of that weird 20 second blank screen
delay in beta2) but then cant recognize the floppy drive (no access
lights) when i put in the driver disk and try to load it before setup.

hard drives show up in dmesg as hde and hdg yet nothing (not even raid)
is in /dev from console 2.

regardless, diskdrake pops up a notice that there is an invalid
partition table and suggests deleting it, but that doesn't work.

I realize this is a rather weird configuration, and that the LILO/grub
setup for such a thing is probably unheard of, but it should be
possible.
-Preston Cody


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