On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:41:58 +0200 creber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Gentoo 2005.1 universal on a Toshiba M40-244 > laptop. Unfortunatly, I can't see my hard drive (/dev/hda) after > booting with the CD. > > During the boot, I've got the folowing message : > Sep 26 13:18:47 livecd ide0: I/O ressource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free. > Sep 26 13:18:47 livecd ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe > > Then, according from /proc/ioports : > ... > 00f0-00ff : fpu > 0170-0177 : ide1 > 01f0-01f7 : libata <- Arg :/ > 0376-0376 : ide1 > > > Does anyone have an idea to avoid the error ? > > > When I boot from other livecd (like System Rescue CD), there is no > problem. > > My hard drive has been partioned : > hda1 : ntfs primary bootable > hda2 : fat32 primary > hda5 : ext3 logical (/boot) > hda6 : ext3 logical (/home) > hda7 : ext3 logical (/) > hda8 : swap logical > > And I can't have any Internet connection during the install. > > Thanks ! > > Hi, Not of much help but can read about possible boot flags and try some of them, which have something common with harddisks (is your disk a IDE/SATA?). Same for your netcard. Check install docs carefully. Maybe your have another device on the disks' standard IRQ/address, check also BIOS settings. Google for your laptop+model and gentoo. HTH.Rumen
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