[K12OSN] SATA driver for K12LTSP 6, help needed.
Gustav Kramer
gjk_lists at rogers.com
Fri Nov 16 13:53:38 UTC 2007
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 13:57 +0100, Dagfinn Stangeland wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2007 3:42 PM, Sudev Barar <sbarar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/11/2007, Dagfinn Stangeland <jodgipost at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I try to install K12LTSP 6 and the EL variant the
> anaconda (is it?)
> > installer asks for a driver for the optical drive, and won't
> continue.
> >
>
>
>
> Try passing on some additional parameters like noapic at the
> boot
> time. Some times this works.
> --
> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
>
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I tried to type "linux noapic" and "linux noprobe noapic" at boot
> time, as you suggested.
> The installer still asks for a driver and "Intel PIIX/ICH ATA
> controllers (ata-piix)" is present on the list of drivers.
> When I choose that driver the installer responds "can't find any
> devices for that driver...".
> Then back to the driver selection dialog.
>
> I know little of such boot time parameters, and though I found a list
> of such parameters, I'm unable to discern which parameters could be
> useful for my problem.
>
> Obviously, the DVD drive works up to that point in whatever mode that
> is.
> Is there any way of continuing the installation in that mode?
> Could I pull the (unknown) needed driver off the fedora 7 or 8 install
> media and use that via an usb memory stick?
>
> Regards,
> Dagfinn Stangeland
Not really an answer to your question but a possible solution to your
problem might be to do a network install by placing the DVD ISO on an
NFS share on a second machine and selecting that option instead of local
media as the source when you do the install.
Just a thought.
- gustav
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