Thanks, Marek! This seems to work splendidly. I still suppose it would be nice to have native SATA support in Unattended in the future, though. If possible and necessary.
Regards, Lars Ivar Igesund Quoting Marek Tyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear Lars, > > In the bios there there are several options for sata : choose combined. > > We had the same problem with kickstarting linux. > Maybe this is THE solution for you. > > > Kind regards, > > Marek Tyc > > ========================================================== > > > Marek Tyc > System Administrator > > Phone: +31 24 36 10990 > Fax: +31 24 36 10989 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.ru.nl\fcdonders > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Unattended] Dell Precision 370/ Unrecognized interface type (boot > device) > > > I'm trying to use use Unattended for doing an install of a Dell Precision > 370, > using the linuxboot. At first I tried with 4.2, but it didn't recognize the > SATA > disk. Then I updated to 4.5 and it bombed on the EDD firmware. At first I > thought it was the same problem reported by someone else (fixed in > 4.6-rc1), > but > after getting the same error with the 4.6-rc1 bootdisk I looked closer. > > I get (after the EDD facility is succesfully loaded): > > *** Unrecognized interface type in /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/interface > Unable to determine boot device at /usr/bin/find-boot-device line 208 > *** find-boot-device failed > *** Dropping to shell > > The contents of /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/interface : > SATA device: 0 > > > Looking at find-boot-device, I believe that this is indeed not supported > (or > looked after at all). Is there a quick fix for me to do or can I expect a > fix in > the next release? > > Regards, > Lars Ivar Igesund > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
