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#1 2010-07-07 20:31:42

TheMuffinMan
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[SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

So I just built a new PC for myself and I am looking to dual boot Win 7/Arch on it. I am not a complete noob to the process as I have already done this exact thing on my laptop.

Anyway, I seem to have run into a problem. When I load up the installation disk and go to partition my hard drive, the setup manager only shows options for OTHER and DONE, not the usual /dev/sda. In fact, in another virtual terminal there a quick ls of /dev shows no sd anything.

I am really confused as Windows is already installed on this machine and is working just fine. If you guys need any additional information please let me know. Thanks for all your help.

Last edited by TheMuffinMan (2010-07-12 19:49:26)

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#2 2010-07-07 20:39:18

nixpunk
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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

You might want to check the output of lspci and post it here as well.

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#3 2010-07-07 21:21:23

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

Is your HDD using IDE or SATA? If it's using IDE, you might consider using the legacy IDE option on the arch linux grub boot menu.


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#4 2010-07-07 21:54:03

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

I belive when using legacy ide, your hard drive devices will be /dev/hda

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#5 2010-07-07 22:32:13

TheMuffinMan
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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

My Boot menu does not have a legacy IDE option. Is there something I have to add to the grub boot line? However my HDD is connected VIA a 6gb/s SATA port.

lspci output as suggested:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev 13)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 13)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 13)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 13)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers (rev 13)
00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers (rev 13)
00:14.3 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Throttle Registers (rev 13)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 3
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
01:00.0 IDE interface: Device 1b4b:91a3 (rev 11)
02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation Device 0194 (rev 03)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 689e
03:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5800 Series]
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
07:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)

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#6 2010-07-12 19:37:54

nixpunk
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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

TheMuffinMan wrote:

My Boot menu does not have a legacy IDE option.

I think Lexion is referring to selecting the legacy IDE option during the install ISO bootup.  You should try that and see if your drive shows up in fdisk/cfdisk/ or /dev/.

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#7 2010-07-12 19:44:18

TheMuffinMan
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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Install cannot find my HDD

Thank you for all your help but I figured it out. My Marvell controller was on IDE mode, all I had to do was switch to AHCI mode and the arch install found my drive. Of course now I need to reinstall Windows but ill get over it. also, my arch ISO didn't have a legacy IDE option.

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