[IPCop-user] Installation Problem: Intel DP965LT motherboard

Discussion:

Doc. Caliban

2007-08-13 13:05:55 UTC

Hello,

When I attempt to install IPCop (Or Debian, Ubuntu Server, etc for that
matter) to a machine built with an Intel DP965LT motherboard, I get an
error after it scans for a CD-Drive indicating that it can't find a CD
drive. (Though it has just booted off of it and started the
installer.) If I try booting from a USB memory stick I get to the same
point but it gives me the error "no hard drive".

I suspect it's related to the chip set, but is there a work-around for this?

Regards,

-Doc

Stefan G. Weichinger

2007-08-13 13:15:43 UTC

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Post by Doc. Caliban
When I attempt to install IPCop (Or Debian, Ubuntu Server, etc for that
matter) to a machine built with an Intel DP965LT motherboard, I get an
error after it scans for a CD-Drive indicating that it can't find a CD
drive. (Though it has just booted off of it and started the
installer.) If I try booting from a USB memory stick I get to the same
point but it gives me the error "no hard drive".
I suspect it's related to the chip set, but is there a work-around for this?

Add the kernel-parameter "all-generic-ide" at boot-time for 2.6 kernels.
IPCOP still uses 2.4, so I assume there's no solution for this one.

You might try to install IPCOP via PXE or USB-stick instead.

Stefan

Jeffrey S. Russell

2007-08-13 13:19:55 UTC

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Maybe I was confused, but isn't the problem that it doesn't see the hard
drive AFTER he has already successfully booted from the CD? How would
installing from PXE or USB help that? He would still get that error
message.

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Post by Doc. Caliban
When I attempt to install IPCop (Or Debian, Ubuntu Server, etc for
that
matter) to a machine built with an Intel DP965LT motherboard, I get
an error after it scans for a CD-Drive indicating that it can't find a
CD drive. (Though it has just booted off of it and started the
installer.) If I try booting from a USB memory stick I get to the

same

Post by Doc. Caliban
point but it gives me the error "no hard drive".
I suspect it's related to the chip set, but is there a work-around for

this?

Add the kernel-parameter "all-generic-ide" at boot-time for 2.6 kernels.
IPCOP still uses 2.4, so I assume there's no solution for this one.

You might try to install IPCOP via PXE or USB-stick instead.

Stefan

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Stefan G. Weichinger

2007-08-13 13:30:07 UTC

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Post by Jeffrey S. Russell
Maybe I was confused, but isn't the problem that it doesn't see the hard
drive AFTER he has already successfully booted from the CD? How would
installing from PXE or USB help that? He would still get that error
message.

The problem is that it doesn't see the CDROM. That's due to the special
Marvell PATA chip on the motherboard, a driver for this is only
available in kernels up from 2.6.21 (as far as I remember).

So the installer-cd tries to detect itself on one of the /dev/hd*
devices and fails on older kernels. With the driver available the cdrom
often gets detected as /dev/sdc instead, so the mentioned boot-option
tells the kernel to use the old pata-device /dev/hd* instead, the cdrom
gets "mapped" (via udev) to something like /dev/hdc and the installer-cd
detects it OK.

With a PATA-hdd all this would also be true for the hdd, yes.

Stefan

Gilles Espinasse

2007-08-13 14:00:41 UTC

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'cdrom not found' should have been fixed on 2.4.35 kernel:
- DP965LT use ICH8 Southbridge and the ID for that have been added to 2.4.35
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fwtarreau%2Flinux-2.4.git;a=summary

Look at sata update patch commited 2007-07-22
It look only to fix cdrom and that hd was already working.
That look a bit different of your case

Gilles

Richard Sheasley

2007-08-13 15:37:47 UTC

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I have read of issues with Intel 965 chipset and the Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU's- like you are describing. The issue was with Vista but same thing-
getting to read the CD to install the OS was one of the problems. If the
CD/optical drive is a standard IDE (parallel 40 pin) then you may want to
try a new SATA interfaced optical drive next.

Richard Sheasley
Accurate Design Systems

Post by Doc. Caliban
Hello,
When I attempt to install IPCop (Or Debian, Ubuntu Server, etc for that
matter) to a machine built with an Intel DP965LT motherboard, I get an
error after it scans for a CD-Drive indicating that it can't find a CD
drive. (Though it has just booted off of it and started the
installer.) If I try booting from a USB memory stick I get to the same
point but it gives me the error "no hard drive".
I suspect it's related to the chip set, but is there a work-around for this?
Regards,
-Doc
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Kyle Hutson

2007-08-13 16:25:04 UTC

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Just to add my $.02, there was a discussion on this a couple of months ago. Look at http://marc.info/?l=ipcop-user&m=118074414304200&w=4 . That message has several responses inline with hopefully-helpful info (and, of course, you can look through the rest of the thread for more info).