Can't find sda using livecd

droozer · n00b Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 8

Ive been following the livecd instructions all the way up to when I have to use fdisk. However, when I look in my /dev/ folder, I don't see sda... just hda. I realize this is the cd. How to I get access to the sda?

DONAHUE · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject:

Suggest try system rescue cd instead of the minimal.
Your minimal is loading legacy driver instead of libata driver for the hard drive controller.
How old is the minimal you are using?
boot cd, post results of

droozer · n00b Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 8

the output to lspci -k is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: SIS_IDE
Kernel modules: pata_sis
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel driver in use: sis900
Kernel modules: sis900
00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0083

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject:

droozer,

From your lspci output you only have

DONAHUE · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:40 am Post subject:

it is interesting and inexplicable (at least by me) that both

droozer · n00b Joined: 13 Mar 2010 Posts: 8

So I've looked through my bios and was not able to find any hard drive options... besides some security options.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject:

droozer,

Use a different liveCD. It looks like the one you have is loading the old driver and the new driver for your chipset.
This normally fails to work at all, so I'm surprised you even see the CDROM.
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NeddySeagoon

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those that do backups
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d2_racing · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:46 pm Post subject:

Can you run this from SystemRescueCD ?

Kissifrot · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 1

I have the same problem with the latest minimal iso, df shows only the CD FS, not the HD one.
Is it related to udev warning? ("udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or disable
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will not work
correctly "

I'm trying to install Gentoo on a VMware ESXi server.

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject:

@Kissifrot, did you try with the latest SystemRescueCD ?