Mark McRitchie wrote: > Heya, > > Having problems getting our new Dell Optiplex 745s to install. First > problem was the network card, but I managed to create an updated linux > boot disk from CVS (which was a lot easier than I was expecting!) but > now the scripts can't work out the boot device. > > The complaint is in find-boot-device at line 212. > > I've checked out the code but have no idea how I should alter it. > /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/interface says something like "SATA > device: 0" (that’s as close as I can remember - I did write it down > somewhere…) > > I tried tweaking the find-boot-device script but got nowhere fast as > perl really isn't my strong point. > > In the past with Dell boxes, we've changed the SATA compatability mode > in the BIOS, but neither of the two available settings works! > > Anybody have any joy with these boxes? Or SATA in general? >
We have managed to make it work, but _I_ havent made the boot image. I know you can make it work somehow. -- mvh Jørgen Hovelsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
