Thanx. I RTFMed and realized that the SATA will make the auto install fail as
KnoppMyth only works with hda not sda or anything else. Anyway, after
struggling with it for 3 days, I finally substituted an IDE drive and I am off
and running!
Thanx,
Anil Gupte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Knoppix Install fails
I just started to install MythTV using the Knoppix distro. It fails with
the error message
"No such device or address when trying to determine file system size".
I know knoppix will fail if the hard drive is not /dev/hda and methinks that
is the problem. My CD-Rom is connected as IDE1 (the only choice) and my
hard drive as SATA1. How can I make my hard drive recognizable?
I don't think you can. Knoppix is not a 'real' distribution. It's a cut down
version of Debian I believe, and it makes it very easy to try it out, and get
a quick install up and running for most people. The problem of expecting
/dev/hda is due to one of the shortcuts/assumptions it makes. Someone may
know of a workaround, but if they don't, I'd suggest getting a recent copy of
a full distribution, like Debian itself, or, what I am using, Mandriva
2005LE. Mandriva has no problems whatsoever using /dev/sda (the SCSI/SATA
device name) for installation.
I think there are a couple of issues here...
1) I think you mean KnoppMyth not Knoppix. Knoppix is a live Linux CD. I.e. it
allows you to run a full version of Linux on any PC booting straight from a
CD, no install on the harddisk is needed. This is useful to try out Linux
without wreaking your Windows install and also useful for rescuing PC's that
have been damaged by viruses, user error, harddisk failure etc. Knoppix is
indeed based on Debian Linux, but is far from cut down, it has better hardware
detection/drivers and has over 2GB of software compressed onto the CD.
KnoppMyth is version of Knoppix which has had MythTV (and a whole bunch of
other stuff) added to it. You boot with the CD and it will wipes the harddrive
on the PC, installs a Debian Linux operating system and then installs all of
MythTV. In many cases it will leave a 100% working MythTV box when it's
finished. In others it will need a small amount of tweaking, but nothing like
the work that has to be done with the likes of FedoraCore using Jarod Wilsons
excellent guide.
2) The current version of KnoppMyth R5A16, assumes that you have large
harddisk as your IDE Primary Master device and a CD/DVD/DVDR as your IDE
Secondary Master. The partitioning and setup is specifically geared to this.
As you have a SATA drive, the automatic install cannot work. End of story.
There is a expert mode available in the menu, and there are people who have
managed to use this, check the forums at http://mysettopbox.tv
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