[gentoo-user] Installation gentoo problem.

Igor Spiridonov · External Since: Oct 16, 2009 Posts: 2

Hi. I tryed install "gentoo 10.0" and there was: "scanning for ata_piix"
and istallation stopped. If i switch off the sata disk then installation
runs good.
I try "gentoo 10.1" now and stopped on: "Scanning for ehci-hcd...usb
core". I switch off usb on motherboard and installation continue. But
then stopped on: "Scanning for scsi_wait_scan". I have not scisi disks.
My matherboard is Asus P4P800SE. What to do?

John Moe · External Since: Oct 16, 2009 Posts: 1

igwasm wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Moe" <johnmoe.TakeThisOut@optushome.com.au>
> To: <gentoo-user.TakeThisOut@lists.gentoo.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installation gentoo problem.
>
>
>> Igor Spiridonov wrote:
>>> Hi. I tryed install "gentoo 10.0" and there was: "scanning for
>>> ata_piix" and istallation stopped. If i switch off the sata disk then
>>> installation runs good.
>>> I try "gentoo 10.1" now and stopped on: "Scanning for ehci-hcd...usb
>>> core". I switch off usb on motherboard and installation continue. But
>>> then stopped on: "Scanning for scsi_wait_scan". I have not scisi
>>> disks. My matherboard is Asus P4P800SE. What to do?
>>>
>> If there's a module you don't need to load to install Gentoo, you can
>> use the "noload" option as described in the handbook
>> (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=2)
>> under "Booting the Installation CD", as well as the options listing on
>> the boot screen of the install CD. Just list the modules that are
>> causing problems.
>>
>> John Moe
>>
>
> Hm. noscsi? I don`t found this option.
>
No, not noscsi; noload. From the handbook:

noload=X
This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a specific
module that may be causing a problem. Syntax matches that of doload.

The module names to put in for X are listed in the boot sequence:
ata_piix, ehci-hcd, scsi_wait_scan, etc. Read the whole section
"Booting the Installation CD" in the handbook.

John Moe

Stroller · External Since: Apr 25, 2004 Posts: 107

On 15 Oct 2009, at 22:56, Igor Spiridonov wrote:
> ...
> Thank you. I try: "gentoo nousb noload=scsi_wait_scan. And
> instalation continue. But further:
> Looking for the cdrom
> Media not found
> Could not find cd to boot
> Could not find the root block device in
> Please specify another value or Press Enter..
>
> And froze.

http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-iso/

http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-iso/

Stroller.

Igor Spiridonov · External Since: Oct 16, 2009 Posts: 2

Stroller:
>
> On 15 Oct 2009, at 22:56, Igor Spiridonov wrote:
>> ...
>> Thank you. I try: "gentoo nousb noload=scsi_wait_scan. And
>> instalation continue. But further:
>> Looking for the cdrom
>> Media not found
>> Could not find cd to boot
>> Could not find the root block device in
>> Please specify another value or Press Enter..
>>
>> And froze.
>
> http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-iso/
>
> http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-iso/
>
> Stroller.
>
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Thank you. My internet is very unstable and i chose LiveCD.

Alex Schuster · External Since: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 47

Igor Spiridonov writes:

[gentoo 10.0 CD install problems]

If you have trouble with the Gentoo CDs, you can use just any other livecd
you like, like Knoppix or GRML. Boot the system, open a browser to view the
installation handbook, and do the installation. When configuring the kernel,
you can usually get the current running .config from /proc/config.gz, so you
can be sure the new kernel will work.

Wonko

Stroller · External Since: Apr 25, 2004 Posts: 107

On 16 Oct 2009, at 06:53, Igor Spiridonov wrote:

> Stroller:
>>
>> On 15 Oct 2009, at 22:56, Igor Spiridonov wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Thank you. I try: "gentoo nousb noload=scsi_wait_scan. And
>>> instalation continue. But further:
>>> Looking for the cdrom
>>> Media not found
>>> Could not find cd to boot
>>> Could not find the root block device in
>>> Please specify another value or Press Enter..
>>>
>>> And froze.
>>
>> http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-iso/
>>
>> http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-iso/
>>
>
> Thank you. My internet is very unstable and i chose LiveCD.

These are very small. 100meg. If you can boot with them, then maybe
you can put the stage3 file on a USB memory stick or something. Use
the one from the DVD you have already.

I was going to say "and the current .iso is 6 days newer than the 10.1
DVD", but it looks like that's been taken down now. Since the 10.1 DVD
is only a few days newer than the 10 DVD, I'm inclined to assume there
have been problems with recent builds. Therefore I would suggest
trying the 20090915.iso if you can possibly afford a 100meg download.
That's in <http://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/releases/$XXX/autobuilds/20090910/
> where XXX=x86 or XXX=amd64
20090915 seems to be the latest autobuild currently on the mirrors.

Stroller.