Re: Cannot read partition table on disk.
Shachar Or wrote: On Monday 25 August 2008 22:46, Ben Olive wrote: No, I haven't. What should I look for there? I didn't change anything between debian and ubuntu but ubuntu saw it as SCSI automatically. Look for anything that may be related... Such as making IDE look like SATA (although I've only seen the opposite). --Ben Olive On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 25 August 2008 14:09, Ben Olive wrote: I am trying to install debian on a computer with one IDE drive attached. Partman on the debian installer does not see a partition table on the drive though there is one and if I write a new one it still doesn't see it. When I load the ubuntu installer, it sees the disk as a SCSI (sda) instead of IDE (hda). Even though this disk is actually IDE, it somehow only works when treated as SCSI. How can I force debian to treat the device as a scsi device? Have you looked into the options at the BIOS setup? --Ben Olive -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ It could be that the Ubuntu Kernel is using the new PATA drivers which make all drives appear as sd?. These are available in the Debian kernel source (2.6.25 at least) also, but as they are experimental they are not compiled in. If you do an lsmod on the two systems you should see that the debian kernel has generic 'ide' modules, and probably a module for your specific chipset, and the ubuntu kernel has 'pata' modules for your chipset. If this is the case you could roll your own kernel, very easy with make-kpkg, and disable the ide modules and build the pata modules you need into the kernel. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot read partition table on disk.
On Monday 25 August 2008 22:46, Ben Olive wrote: > No, I haven't. What should I look for there? I didn't change anything > between > debian and ubuntu but ubuntu saw it as SCSI automatically. Look for anything that may be related... Such as making IDE look like SATA (although I've only seen the opposite). > > --Ben Olive > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 25 August 2008 14:09, Ben Olive wrote: > > > I am trying to install debian on a computer with one IDE drive > > > attached. Partman on the debian installer does not see a partition > > > table on the drive though there is one and if I write a new one it > > > still doesn't see it. When I load the ubuntu installer, it sees the > > > disk as a SCSI (sda) instead of IDE (hda). Even though this disk is > > > actually IDE, it somehow only works when treated as SCSI. How can I > > > force debian to treat the device as a scsi device? > > > > Have you looked into the options at the BIOS setup? > > > > > --Ben Olive > > > > -- > > Shachar Or | שחר אור > > http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot read partition table on disk.
No, I haven't. What should I look for there? I didn't change anything between debian and ubuntu but ubuntu saw it as SCSI automatically. --Ben Olive On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 25 August 2008 14:09, Ben Olive wrote: > > I am trying to install debian on a computer with one IDE drive attached. > > Partman on the debian installer does not see a partition table on the > > drive though there is one and if I write a new one it still doesn't see > > it. When I load the ubuntu installer, it sees the disk as a SCSI (sda) > > instead of IDE (hda). Even though this disk is actually IDE, it somehow > > only works when treated as SCSI. How can I force debian to treat the > > device as a scsi device? > > Have you looked into the options at the BIOS setup? > > > > --Ben Olive > > -- > Shachar Or | שחר אור > http://ox.freeallweb.org/ > >
Re: Cannot read partition table on disk.
On Monday 25 August 2008 14:09, Ben Olive wrote: > I am trying to install debian on a computer with one IDE drive attached. > Partman on the debian installer does not see a partition table on the > drive though there is one and if I write a new one it still doesn't see > it. When I load the ubuntu installer, it sees the disk as a SCSI (sda) > instead of IDE (hda). Even though this disk is actually IDE, it somehow > only works when treated as SCSI. How can I force debian to treat the > device as a scsi device? Have you looked into the options at the BIOS setup? > > --Ben Olive -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cannot read partition table on disk.
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