243472 – Live-CD installer: No hard drives found

Bug 243472 - Live-CD installer: No hard drives found

Summary: Live-CD installer: No hard drives found

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installer (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Installer

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Reported:	2008-10-23 20:00 UTC by Paul Monastyrsky
Modified:	2009-05-03 17:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Paul Monastyrsky 2008-10-23 20:00:39 UTC

"Error: No hard drives found. Please load the appropriate modules for these drivers and restart the installer" while trying to partitioning hard drive (western didgital sata disk).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot gentoo from LiveCD
2."installer-dialog" from prompt
3."OK" for MessageBox about partitioning.


Actual Results:  
I'm getting an error message

Expected Results:  
Partitioning hard disk

Hard drive - WD6400AAKS

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-25 21:03:59 UTC

Does the output of dmesg show your drives? Are they listed in /proc/partitions? What about /sys/block/*?

Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-03 17:15:17 UTC

The installer is deprecated.