[arch-general] install problem
Hi folks Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb any help please .. Pete .
On 01/11/2012 12:54 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
any help please .. Pete .
Have you tried different boot options yet like nomodeset?
On Wednesday 11 January 2012 20:59:07 Don Juan wrote:
On 01/11/2012 12:54 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse .
hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb
Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
any help please .. Pete .
Have you tried different boot options yet like nomodeset?
Hummm not tried that yey but i was under the assumption that was to do with the graphics system .. Pete
On Wednesday 11 January 2012 20:59:07 Don Juan wrote:
On 01/11/2012 12:54 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse .
hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb
Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
any help please .. Pete . Have you tried different boot options yet like nomodeset? Hummm not tried that yey but i was under the assumption that was to do with the graphics system ..
Pete you're correct it is, just woke up what about
On 01/11/2012 01:06 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote: pci=nomsi ? Is there errors or anything to go by?
I got a sata disk in a tower too recently. Sometimes after booting it's necessary for me to hit the leftmost sata disk button then hit the computer reset button to bring up a sata partition available for other software to find and then use. On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Peter Nikolic wrote:
On Wednesday 11 January 2012 20:59:07 Don Juan wrote:
On 01/11/2012 12:54 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse .
hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb
Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
any help please .. Pete .
Have you tried different boot options yet like nomodeset?
Hummm not tried that yey but i was under the assumption that was to do with the graphics system ..
Pete
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
paste some debug output for people to work from, eg `dmesg`, `lspci`, maybe even `parted -l` ... the usuals :-) are you trying to install to an existing partition (eg. on LVM2 or something) or wipe the exisint install? IOW, can you really not see the disk, or ... ... need some output/detail -- i literally have a nearly identical server (same proc/ram/SB, but i use an ASUS board, and ATI card ... Nvidia==yuk, and just recently installed a 2TB RAID1) and i've never had issue. also, is the disk on an onboard sata port, or an pci-e slot? is you BIOS using AHCI or ATA for sata host controller? you want AHCI unless you boot Windows XP. -- C Anthony
Right debug output humm not easy by the time the system has reached a usefull state it has all gone will change the way X and KDE start up and try capture some from the cousole shortly .. Pete (web mail is total pants) --- On Thu, 12/1/12, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xtfx.me> wrote: From: C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xtfx.me> Subject: Re: [arch-general] install problem To: "General Discussion about Arch Linux" <arch-general@archlinux.org> Date: Thursday, 12 January, 2012, 4:37 On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi folks
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
paste some debug output for people to work from, eg `dmesg`, `lspci`, maybe even `parted -l` ... the usuals :-) are you trying to install to an existing partition (eg. on LVM2 or something) or wipe the exisint install? IOW, can you really not see the disk, or ... ... need some output/detail -- i literally have a nearly identical server (same proc/ram/SB, but i use an ASUS board, and ATI card ... Nvidia==yuk, and just recently installed a 2TB RAID1) and i've never had issue. also, is the disk on an onboard sata port, or an pci-e slot? is you BIOS using AHCI or ATA for sata host controller? you want AHCI unless you boot Windows XP. -- C Anthony
Am Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:54:19 +0000 schrieb Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@btinternet.com>:
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
What happens exactly when you boot the install CD? Do you get the ramfs prompt e.g.? Or does it boot completely but is just not able to find the harddisk? Heiko
Hi . It boot partly from the CD then get to a point saying at4 no responding and goes down the list to at1 than sits there doing nothing . I cant do a screen capture to show what is going on my problem now is i have blown my suse install away to install this and it aint working once i get it booted so many X and KDE problems Screen handling keyboard ect ect ect if i get something set up it then goes and forgets it next reboot think it may well be another blow it away and try again sent using disgusting hated web mail so excuse the crappy to posting Pete .. --- On Thu, 12/1/12, Heiko Baums <lists@baums-on-web.de> wrote: From: Heiko Baums <lists@baums-on-web.de> Subject: Re: [arch-general] install problem To: arch-general@archlinux.org Date: Thursday, 12 January, 2012, 6:36 Am Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:54:19 +0000 schrieb Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@btinternet.com>:
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
What happens exactly when you boot the install CD? Do you get the ramfs prompt e.g.? Or does it boot completely but is just not able to find the harddisk? Heiko
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:36:31 +0100 Heiko Baums <lists@baums-on-web.de> wrote:
Am Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:54:19 +0000 schrieb Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@btinternet.com>:
Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb
What happens exactly when you boot the install CD? Do you get the ramfs prompt e.g.? Or does it boot completely but is just not able to find the harddisk?
Heiko
Right hi all thanks for the replies it seems i have a a bit of a hardware problem , It seems that for some reason Arch does not like my Motherboard chipset i did have it as an MSI but it is actually a Foxconn A74ML-K . I have it working now but not using an SATA drive i have found an old IDE job and installed on that to get back on line there are still some odd bits giving grief but i can live with those till i get a new mother board and drive , Always had a lot of sucsess with A S Rock boards so see if i can find one to suit Thanks Pete ..
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C Anthony Risinger
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Pete Nikolic
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