Hi, I downloaded the most recent liveCD iso (binary.hybrid.iso), and have the following problem:
1) booting in "install mode", my new SATA hdd isn't recognized. dmesg shows a few "ata1.00 FAILED TO IDENTIFY (I/O ERROR. ERR_MASK=0X4) " errors, then the kernel gives up. 1a) if I add "pci=nomsi" to the kernel line, the disk is found and I can install to it. 2) attempting to boot from this fresh install, one of two things happen: 2a) I get a nice grub "hd0: out of disk" error and the grub rescue console (doesn't help) 2b) I get the normal boot menu after a while (good); but no matter what I try the boot process never gets past the "loading initial ramdisk..." line. I tried adding "pci=nomsi", tweaking the BIOS power management settings (currently set to "all off" : no APM, no ACPI), and some other esoteric techniques I won't mention 3) I tried the previous linuxcnc liveCD (ubuntu 10.04, etc) : hdd not recognized. What does work: -exact same hardware: booting in live mode from that Wheezy liveCD (why does this work ?) -exact same hardware, with an other liveCD (2.6 kernel, not linuxcnc) : everything works -same HDD, same cable, on another computer : everything works -old IDE HDD, Wheezy liveCD : everything works System: mobo: Asus A8V-X (circa 2006; evil VIA VT8251 southbridge) CPU: single core AMD ahtlon 3500+; socket 939 hdd: new Seagate ST2000VN000; SATA So, wtf ? What else is there to try ? I'm getting the sledge hammer out real soon. Any suggestions are appreciated... Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
