IDE CDrom on and SATA based system

[roberthenson]

I've installed debian sarge on a SATA based hard drive system. The hard drive is /dev/sda

that is no problem

i've a plextor CDRW/DVD mounted as master on the second IDE channel; The Bios recognizes it; I can't seem to mount it. there is no /dev/hdx devices; I can't mount it as /dev/hdc. Also can't mount it as /dev/scd0 or /dev/sr0

what am I missing?

Robert

[roberthenson]

Thanks to the poster of this message :

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2005/02/01 ftp://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage...86-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:01:58 EST 2005 i686 unknown
Date: 2005/02/01
Method: Netinstall

Machine: Dell PowerEdge 700
Processor: P4 2.8GHz Hyper Threading
Memory: 512Mo
Root Device: sda (SATA drive)
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

============= lspci ============

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Processor to PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 6300ESB 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.4 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.5 PIC: Intel Corp. 6300ESB I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 6300ESB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 0a)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 6300ESB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 6300ESB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82547GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
0000:03:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)

============= lspci -n ============

0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2578 (rev 02)
0000:00:03.0 0604: 8086:257b (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.0 0604: 8086:25ae (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:25a9 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.4 0880: 8086:25ab (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.5 0800: 8086:25ac (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:25ad (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 0a)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:25a1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 0101: 8086:25a3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:25a4 (rev 02)
0000:01:01.0 0200: 8086:1075
0000:03:0e.0 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27)


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]

Comments/Problems:

The install process failed to detect the cdrom.

I find a workaround :

boot command : expert26 vga=0x318
language = fr
location = france
keyboard = PC keyoard (ps/2)
layout = fr-latin9

When the install process ask me for cdrom detection I go to tty2, enable the
shell and do:

# modprobe piix
# modprobe ide-generic
# modeprobe ide-cd

And then the install can continue.

I seems that the ata_piix (SATA support) cause problem, I can't see
the IDE cdrom with it, so I must load piix before ata_piix.

When loading ide-generic after ata_piix is loaded get :
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ide0: I/O ressource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free
ide0: port already in use, skipping probe
ide1: I/O ressource 0x170-0x177 not free
ide1: port already in use, skipping probe

The machine have:
- hda: GCR-8483B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
- scsi0 : ata_piix
Vendor: ATA Model: ST380011AS Rev: 1.02
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 156250000 512-byte hdwr sectors (80000 MB)
Partition check:
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 >

I can not pass the partition because of the known "no disk error".

Regards.
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