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KiLL BiLL

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Registered: 2008-01-18

Posts: 6

Can't install with a new SATA harddisk

my motherboad is Asus A7N8X Deluxe ( nforce 2, sil3112 SATA ), installed Archlinux for a few years with an ide harddisk. now I'm going to relace it with a new Sata harddisk( WD5000AAKS)-- a fresh installation on this new sata harddisk.

I started to install after burning a 2010.05 iso to cd, but I got errors if I only have a sata harddisk. I took a photo by my cell phone:

I've read these posts, but they don't work to me:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77815
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=97967

Installation works fine if I have only an ide harddisk. and I tried to install from a Live CD (download from: http://arch-live.isawsome.net/iso/archiso/20100526/ ) with single sata hd, I got similar errors like:

I can mount the new sata hd in my old archlinux os, some commands output:

$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1eb51eb5

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1          15      120456   83  Linux
/dev/sda2              16        4865    38957625    5  Extended
/dev/sda5              16         139      995998+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6             140         731     4755208+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7             732        4865    33206323+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       60801   488384001    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5               1       60801   488383969+  83  Linux

$ df -Th
Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6     ext3    4.5G  3.0G  1.3G  71% /
udev         tmpfs     10M  156K  9.9M   2% /dev
shm          tmpfs    503M     0  503M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1     ext2    114M   17M   92M  16% /boot
/dev/sda7     ext3     32G   29G  1.3G  96% /home
/dev/sdb5     ext4    459G  645M  435G   1% /home/kb/movz

I have no idea if I want to install archlinux into my new sata hd. Helps would be nice.

cael

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Registered: 2009-07-30

Posts: 18

Re: Can't install with a new SATA harddisk

I've read your post at linuxsir,and i want to figure it out,too.. Anyone helps?

Google

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From: Mountain View, California

Registered: 2010-05-31

Posts: 484

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Re: Can't install with a new SATA harddisk

I got this error when I was trying to install the 64 bit version, but I didn't get this error with the 32 bit version. I wish I could figure it out too.

edit:

I was doing it from a flash drive-- the core-dual install.

Last edited by Google (2010-06-02 16:00:46)

Carlwill

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From: Orlando, FL

Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 560

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Re: Can't install with a new SATA harddisk

Very simple fix for this.

Run the following command at the ramfs prompt:

udevadm trigger
exit

Worked perfect for me.

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KiLL BiLL

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Registered: 2008-01-18

Posts: 6

Re: Can't install with a new SATA harddisk

Very simple fix for this.

Run the following command at the ramfs prompt:

udevadm trigger
exit

Worked perfect for me.

Really? I'll really appreciate you if it works.