FC2 AMD_64 Bug #120145

[Marshall Lewis]

Yeah, I reported the problem a bit over a month ago...

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116537

Not sure how to work around it (in my case though I'm actually
installing to scsi disks, I just noticed the sata drive wasn't there). 
If you boot from the boot.iso, it will find the drive, but once anaconda
starts it goes away...   One you're in anaconda the module is already
loaded (sata_via), but the device nodes don't exist.. you can make them
yourself, and they'll work, but I guess the install has gone too far by
that point for anaconda to see them.

--
 Marshall

On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 21:09, Michael Bailey wrote:
> G'day people,
> 
> I posted this bug a couple of days ago to Bugzilla, anyone else 
> encountered this problem with FC2 Test 2 (AMD_64)?
> 
> > From Bugzilla Helper:
> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6)
> > Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
> > 
> > Description of problem:
> > When attempting to instal the x86_64 version of Core 2/Test 2,
> > Anaconda fails to detect the SATA HDD attached via a VIA 8237 controller.
> > 
> > "No valid devices found. ..."
> > 
> > Attempted installing via driver disk located at
> > http://www.planetamd64.com/modules/mx_pafiledb/dload.php?action=download&file_id=87
> > , no luck (no valid device found on driver disk).
> > 
> > Ran with noprobe and manually selected via_sata driver, same response.
> > 
> > Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP
> > Athlon 64 3000+
> > Samsung 120GB SATA
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> > 
> > 
> > How reproducible:
> > Always
> > 
> > Steps to Reproduce:
> > 1.  Insert install disc 1 and boot
> > 2.  Run vanilla setup
> > 3.  Installation will halt after partitioning method selection
> >     
> > 
> > Actual Results:  Dialog "No valid devices found...".  Install stops
> > and system shuts down cleanly.
> > 
> > Expected Results:  SATA HDD detected and partitioning proceeds.
> > 
> > Additional info:
> > 
> > Drive _was_ correctly detected in Core 1 for AMD64, however the
> > distribution would not run X on the Radeon 9800Pro.
> > 
> > I'm not a complete Linux newbie, but am by no means an expert, so let
> > me know if the problem lies between my ears...
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > mick
> 
>