Re: SV: SV: 486sx rh5.1 install IDE drive problem

["Daniel A. Theobald" <theo vecnatech com>]

I used fdisk from dos to repartition and then dos formatted it.  The system can
boot into windows 98 off the disk, no bad sectors, everything seems fine with
the disk.  Linux still doesn't see it.  I checked the jumper settings, and tried
several variations, still no go.

I have tried another drive, which works just fine, linux happily acknowledges
its existence, so I know it is not the controller...

The interesting thing is that when I boot off of the linux install boot disk,
and then hit return at the boot: prompt, in the text that scrolls by I see that
it identified the drive, got the correct cyl,hds,sctrs, and that it shows up
with a valid partition during the partition check.  But when I get to diskdruid
or fdisk, it tells me I don't have any hard drives.

I tried specifying hda=685,16,38 at the boot prompt, but it tells me that it is
an unknown option just before it switches to the first install screen.....

Does anybody know how to manually tell it about the disk during the install, or
is there another solution?

thanks,
daniel


Tom Simonsen wrote:

> It is clear that RH doesn't see your drive; that's why you get the message
> about. I just tried booting linux hda=1024,15,63 on my problem machine and
> that
> one accepted this...
>
> As long as you haven't used the " character or spaces between hda, =, and
> the
> parameters; you are doing it correctly.
>
> Do you have another disk you can try ?
>
> Check that it is set up as master/standalone. If it is an old Conner drive,
> and
> you are using it together with a slave (eg. CDROM), it might not work.
>
> You could also download a new boot disk from RedHat's ftp site.
>
> Hope this is of some help.
>
> Tom
>
> > -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > Fra:  Daniel A. Theobald [SMTP:theo vecnatech com]
> > Sendt:        12. november 1998 17:09
> > Til:  redhat-install-list redhat com
> > Emne: Re: SV: 486sx rh5.1 install IDE drive problem
> >
> > The drive is clean, I formatted it in the bios.  It is only a 200 mb
> > drive, just
> > want to install enough to make it a ppp gateway (the FAQ says you need
> > about 150
> > to do this)
> >
> > I tried entering "linux hda=685,16,38" (which I got from the autodetect in
> > the
> > bios) at the boot prompt, but after getting through the first sequence of
> > things
> > (before flashing to the first rh install screen) it told me that
> > "hda=685,16,38"
> > that was an unknow option (or something to that effect)  I booted using
> > the
> > rh5.1 boot image?  What did I do wrong?
> >
> > Later in the install then it says
> > "You don't have any hard drives available! You probably forgot to
> > configure a
> > SCSI controller."
> >
> > Help!
> > daniel
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom Simonsen wrote:
> >
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > I had the same problem on an old 486 myself. The problem is probably a
> > hard
> > > disk which has more
> > > than 1024 cylinders; at least that was my problem... What I had to do
> > was
> > > the following.
> > >
> > > 1. I entered the BIOS and found out the hard disk parameters (e.g.
> > 8192cyl,
> > > 15 hds, 63 secs)
> > > 2. Bootet from a DOS boot floppy, and ran fdisk.
> > > 3. Removed any partitions it found.
> > > 4. turned off the machine.
> > > 5. booted RH Linux (I used RH5.1) from the diskette.
> > > 6. At the boot: prompt, I entered linux hda=8192,15,63
> > >
> > > This worked. Probably, it isn't necessary to run fdisk from DOS first,
> > but I
> > > like to install a small
> > > DOS partition (<50MB) with CDROM support, which I use for creating boot
> > > floppies etc.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > > -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > > > Fra:  Daniel A. Theobald [SMTP:theo vecnatech com]
> > > > Sendt:        11. november 1998 21:57
> > > > Til:  redhat-install-list redhat com
> > > > Emne: 486sx rh5.1 install IDE drive problem
> > > >
> > > > I hope this is not a dumb question,
> > > > I have tried to look through the archives and have not found much...
> > > >
> > > > My problem:
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to install an old 486 with rh5.1 to use as a firewall.
> > > > ftp install off of another box.
> > > > it has 20mb memory
> > > > I boot off the disk
> > > > during the initial screen (after boot) I see that it recognized my
> > hard
> > > > disk hda: Conner Peripherals etc...
> > > > but then says hda: unrecognized partition table or something just
> > before
> > > > it flashes to the first install screen.
> > > > yadda yadda insert supp disk...
> > > > No scsi devices..
> > > > After I select fdisk (or disk druid) it tells me that there are no
> > valid
> > > > devices on which to create a new file system.
> > > >
> > > > The HD detects just fine in the bios.  I formatted it in the bios.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > is there a (disk bootable) utility for creating a new partition table
> > or
> > > > something?
> > > >
> > > > thanks for your help,
> > > > daniel
> > > >
> > > >
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