No hard disk found by YaST during factory install from 12.2 build 0003 NET

[Richard (MQ)]

I think a new thread is called for here.

As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting
openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing
factory on my old 1999 G3 machine.

I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy
of the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and
getting a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume
the necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for.

The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot
the installed hard disc.

Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from
several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod
with that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either.

Please can anyone help with tracking down the module that I need to get
the installer under way?

[Dinar Valeev]

Post by Richard (MQ)
I think a new thread is called for here.
As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting
openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing factory
on my old 1999 G3 machine.
I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy of
the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting
a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the
necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for.
The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot the
installed hard disc.
Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from
several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod with
that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either.

If you have still oS11.0 you can run there hwinfo --disk and see which
module is in use.

Post by Richard (MQ)
Please can anyone help with tracking down the module that I need to get the
installer under way?
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Cheers
Richard (MQ)
Linux user # 439271
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[Richard (MQ)]

Post by Dinar Valeev

Post by Richard (MQ)
I think a new thread is called for here.
As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting
openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing factory
on my old 1999 G3 machine.
I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy of
the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting
a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the
necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for.
The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot the
installed hard disc.
Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from
several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod with
that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either.

If you have still oS11.0 you can run there hwinfo --disk and see which
module is in use.

D'oh - I should have thought of that.

With OSL 11.0, "hwinfo --disk" reports ide-pmac and ide-disk. Booting
current factory and using "start shell before YaST" option, modprobe'ing
these gives fatal not-found errors for both.

Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 submitted.

[Dinar Valeev]

Post by Richard (MQ)

Post by Dinar Valeev

Post by Richard (MQ)
I think a new thread is called for here.
As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting
openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing factory
on my old 1999 G3 machine.
I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy of
the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting
a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the
necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for.
The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot the
installed hard disc.
Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from
several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod with
that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either.

If you have still oS11.0 you can run there hwinfo --disk and see which
module is in use.

D'oh - I should have thought of that.
With OSL 11.0, "hwinfo --disk" reports ide-pmac and ide-disk. Booting
current factory and using "start shell before YaST" option, modprobe'ing
these gives fatal not-found errors for both.

what kernel is in use?
uname -r?

Post by Richard (MQ)
Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 submitted.
--
Cheers
Richard (MQ)
Linux user # 439271
--

[Dinar Valeev]

Hi,
It seems CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC is needed for ppc kernel (32bit).

ppc64 have this module built.

Post by Dinar Valeev

Post by Richard (MQ)

Post by Dinar Valeev

Post by Richard (MQ)
I think a new thread is called for here.
As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting
openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing factory
on my old 1999 G3 machine.
I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy of
the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting
a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the
necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for.
The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot the
installed hard disc.
Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from
several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod with
that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either.

If you have still oS11.0 you can run there hwinfo --disk and see which
module is in use.

D'oh - I should have thought of that.
With OSL 11.0, "hwinfo --disk" reports ide-pmac and ide-disk. Booting
current factory and using "start shell before YaST" option, modprobe'ing
these gives fatal not-found errors for both.

what kernel is in use?
uname -r?

Post by Richard (MQ)
Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 submitted.
--
Cheers
Richard (MQ)
Linux user # 439271
--

[Richard MQ]

Post by Dinar Valeev
Hi,
It seems CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC is needed for ppc kernel (32bit).
ppc64 have this module built.

I opened https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 for this,
on 28 February, but it's still marked as NEW (not yet assigned). Is
there anything we can do to expedite this?

Latest factory still seems to omit these modules.

One other oddity: The installation system reports 3.1.0.5-default from
3 November 2011??? - I am booting with Build--0006.NET, with the
process described by Wolfgang Engel on 18 February. PPC repo cloned
with rsync to local FTP server (Yes, lack of DHCP is a pain)

Cheers
Richard (MQ)

[Dinar Valeev]

Post by Richard MQ

Post by Dinar Valeev
Hi,
It seems CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC is needed for ppc kernel (32bit).
ppc64 have this module built.

I opened https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 for this,
on 28 February, but it's still marked as NEW (not yet assigned). Is
there anything we can do to expedite this?

you can try to propose a patch ;)

It should be easy.
please follow instructions on http://kernel.opensuse.org/

Post by Richard MQ
Latest factory still seems to omit these modules.
One other oddity: The installation system reports 3.1.0.5-default from
3 November 2011??? - I am booting with Build--0006.NET, with the
process described by Wolfgang Engel on 18 February. PPC repo cloned
with rsync to local FTP server (Yes, lack of DHCP is a pain)
Cheers
Richard (MQ)
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[Andreas Schwab]

Post by Richard MQ

Post by Dinar Valeev
Hi,
It seems CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC is needed for ppc kernel (32bit).
ppc64 have this module built.

I opened https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749392 for this,
on 28 February, but it's still marked as NEW (not yet assigned). Is
there anything we can do to expedite this?

The bug is actually that hwinfo reports ide-pmac and ide-disk when it
should be reporting pata-macio and sd.

Andreas.