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gentoobobby
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 Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject: Cfdisk Not working on sata |
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I got a problem , Ive just aput a new sata drive in tryiong to loads cfdisk getting lots of errors any idea why this is happening i used to just type cfdisk /dev/sda
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im really confused
bob
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sparks
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are you sure you have the correct SATA drivers in the kernel or as a module?
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Albert_g
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Dear gentoobobby,
Checking in my crystal ball i see that you're having hardware problems, but the ball is a little foggy now so I can't see the details. 
I could try to use a little alcohol and a kleenex, but knowing the exact wording of the errors may help a bit more, as also would be helpful to have kernel version, portage version, cfdisk version, and so on.
Please, be so kind to do as requested, because I can see now that all the alcohol bottles in the house are empty.
Of course you can also check with a different hdd, set of cables, trying to upgrade your system and /or R.T.F.M.
Truly yours to command,
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gentoobobby
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Well io dunno whats happenign im using the live cd stage 3 i gues si have been installing on systems all day today
sometimes cfdisk just works sometimes i need to specify /dev/sda or something like that but regards to ur questin i have no idea man thanks for helping me |
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gentoobobby
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Any more Suggestions any 1 still rally stuck on this 1
Im just putting in the livecd and using cfdisk
has any 1 got a list of commnad si could try
cfdisk
cfdisk /dev/hda b c and so on
cfdisk /dev/sda
to gfet cfdisk to work |
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sparks
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| gentoobobby wrote: | Any more Suggestions any 1 still rally stuck on this 1
Im just putting in the livecd and using cfdisk
has any 1 got a list of commnad si could try
cfdisk
cfdisk /dev/hda b c and so on
cfdisk /dev/sda
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It seems like you are installing Gentoo from scratch. In your original post you made it seem like you had a working gentoo install and just added a SATA drive that you could not get to work.
First off, you need to know what motherboard you have and then determine which SATA controller is used on the board. Once you have done that do an lsmod to see if the correct kernel module for your controller is loaded, if it is not you will need to know which module to load then use the modprobe command to load it.
Once you have the correct support for your SATA drive then you can use cfdisk to create/destroy partitions. The lspci tool should come in handy for you. Post back with more info on your SATA controller, lsmod, and lspci outputs.
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gentoobobby
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| Code: | Module size by
parport_pc 28004 0
partport 22693 parport_pc
floppy 45204 0
pcspkr 2764 0
rtc 8940 0
via_rhine 17316 0
mii 2944 via _rhime
dm_mod 38340 0
ata _pilx 6244 0
ahci 7972 0
sata_qstor 6468 0
sata_vsc 5284 0
sata_uli 4576 0
sata_sis 4448 0
sata_sx4 9924 0
sata_nv 5988 0
sata_via 5572 0
sata_svw 4868 0
libata 28039 12 ata-piix , ahci , sata_qstor , sata_vsc , sata_uli , sata_sis , sata_nv , sata_vq sata _svw , sata_sil, sata _promise
spb2 17160
ohci19344 26388
ieee1394 59192 2 sbp2 ,ochi1394
s1811_hcd 9664
ohci_hcd 15396
there are a few more is this enough for now ? |
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gentoobobby
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| sorry bout my post there couldnt get it inline |
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sparks
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and what is the output of lspci?
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gentoobobby
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Il have to bash that command out agian , ive jhust wacke din another sata hardrive for the minute , I still need to sort the problem out on this one though as i no i have ha dit workng before . |
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