Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:18:55
Message-Id: 20091108081833.GB7871@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure? by Peter Humphrey
1 On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 01:32:19PM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote
2
3 > Not sure whether this has been mentioned already in this thread, but
4 > at one stage of kernel development* when I was installing on a new
5 > laptop, I had to switch AHCI off in the BIOS for the installation
6 > kernel to be able to see the hard disk, then back on again once I
7 > was running my own kernel.
8 >
9 > Perhaps something like this is happening to you.
10 >
11 > * At least, the kernel as configured for the Gentoo minimal
12 > installation CD.
13
14 It turned out to be something quite different, namely a missing
15 driver; see my "Acer Aspireone AO751h install hints" thread. It's
16 finally up and running. I'll rebuild (emerge system and emerge world)
17 before I get any optional apps on it. That should speed things up a
18 bit.
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21 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>