Re: No hard disk found by YaST during factory install from 12.2 build 0003 NET
Dinar Valeev <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.suse.ppc |
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| Message-ID | <CADqALGRU34yct8B3xom9LGac5ofQn+VhwcTeOZ=Bt=-YA_CWxQ@mail.gmail.com> |
Hi, It seems CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC is needed for ppc kernel (32bit). ppc64 have this module built. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Dinar Valeev <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Richard (MQ) <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 27/02/12 17:45, Dinar Valeev wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Richard (MQ)<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think a new thread is called for here. >>>> >>>> As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting >>>> openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing >>>> factory >>>> on my old 1999 G3 machine. >>>> >>>> I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy >>>> of >>>> the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and >>>> getting >>>> a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the >>>> necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for. >>>> >>>> The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot >>>> the >>>> installed hard disc. >>>> >>>> Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from >>>> several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod >>>> with >>>> that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either. >>> >>> >>> If you have still oS11.0 you can run there hwinfo --disk and see which >>> module is in use. >> >> >> D'oh - I should have thought of that. >> >> With OSL 11.0, "hwinfo --disk" reports ide-pmac and ide-disk. Booting >> current factory and using "start shell before YaST" option, modprobe'ing >> these gives fatal not-found errors for both. > what kernel is in use? > uname -r? >> >> Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 submitted. >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> Richard (MQ) >> Linux user # 439271 >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected] >> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]