Hello all,

I suspect this to be a problem of partitioning because the BIOS cant find the OS on the reboot.

Mobo: Asus P5B-VM (with latest BIOS)
Havent got at free SATA-drive so I've hooked up a PATA drive configured as master at the end of the cable connected to the JMicron-controller. Also I have a DVD-drive for the KM-disc as slave on the same cable.

If i do an automatic install I get an error stating that mkfs has some problem when the installer gets to copying files from CD to HD.

Well of course, - it is /dev/hdE not /dev/hdA

Manually install lets me choose a disk (/dev/hde), set up the partitions and write the information.
I followed the example in the pamphlet but im confused whether to make all partitions primary or only one primary and the swap and /myth as logical. I've done it like this:
/ primary and bootable
swap logical
/myth logical

When asked about where to put lilo I choose MBR (is this wrong?)

Now it copies the files to the disk without trouble (though in some cases it complains about not being able to find /dev/sda3 which is no wonder because im running PATA (why does the installer probe for this device when it is instructed to install on a PATA-device?)).
When i reboot i get this message:



Did any of you have any luck install KM on a PATA-drive through this JMicron-controller. I believe that it is actually a SATA controller converting from PATA to SATA but the drives appear as PATA-drives in the devices.

Any input will be greatly appreciated ! ie. what is the correct way of partitioning (step-by-step) ?

This sounds similar to a problem I had with an install with a HDD on hde and a DVD-ROM on hda, CD-RW on hdb.
What you need to do is reboot with knoppmyth, go to an alternate console by using Ctrl-Alt-F2 and:
modify the boot parameter to point to your boot drive, /dev/hde (not the partition) then save it and exit.
Hopefully, it should now reboot in to the second stage of the installation.

Bruce S.

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That did the trick !
Thankyou so much for the quick response

For those of us who arent yet familiar with tampering on the HD through the use of a Live-CD here's an extra command that needs to be executed at the very beginning before you follow bruce_s01's "guide".

Substitute "hde1" with the correct label for your system.

Thankyou again for your attention.

Unkle