I had to format mine on a different computer first Terry
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29, 2014, at 3:54 PM, C. SB <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > I downloaded the most recent liveCD iso (binary.hybrid.iso), and have the > following problem: > > 1) booting in "install mode", my new SATA hdd isn't recognized. dmesg shows a > few > "ata1.00 FAILED TO IDENTIFY (I/O ERROR. ERR_MASK=0X4) " errors, then the > kernel gives up. > > 1a) if I add "pci=nomsi" to the kernel line, the disk is found and I can > install to it. > > 2) attempting to boot from this fresh install, one of two things happen: > 2a) I get a nice grub "hd0: out of disk" error and the grub rescue console > (doesn't help) > 2b) I get the normal boot menu after a while (good); but no matter what I try > the boot process > never gets past the "loading initial ramdisk..." line. I tried adding > "pci=nomsi", tweaking the > BIOS power management settings (currently set to "all off" : no APM, no > ACPI), and some other > esoteric techniques I won't mention > > 3) I tried the previous linuxcnc liveCD (ubuntu 10.04, etc) : hdd not > recognized. > > What does work: > -exact same hardware: booting in live mode from that Wheezy liveCD (why does > this work ?) > -exact same hardware, with an other liveCD (2.6 kernel, not linuxcnc) : > everything works > -same HDD, same cable, on another computer : everything works > -old IDE HDD, Wheezy liveCD : everything works > > System: > mobo: Asus A8V-X (circa 2006; evil VIA VT8251 southbridge) > CPU: single core AMD ahtlon 3500+; socket 939 > hdd: new Seagate ST2000VN000; SATA > > So, wtf ? What else is there to try ? I'm getting the sledge hammer out real > soon. > > Any suggestions are appreciated... > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
