[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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