I'm trying to install 10.1 code (actually, sled 10) on a machine with a pretty new intel system board and sata drive. However, the install gets finished with the first section (after partitioning drives and choosing software, etc ...) and then it goes into what I think is the first scheduled reboot. However, it appears that the drives did not get the boot loader installed, or something.
If I just leave the cd #1 in (the installed does not say to take it out, it just says rebooting in x seconds) then the default action is to boot to hard disk ... this fails, with the message "press a key to reboot". If I arrow down on the menu and choose "installation" it just starts the install again.
So, I guess I have a couple questions:
1)at this point in the install, am I supposed to remove the cd and boot from the hard disk, or, is the installation supposed to pick up where it left off after booting to the cd? And, why oh why does the installer not SAY whether to remove the cd?
2)Is this likely a driver issue with the sata disks? If so, is there a procedure for inserting the correct drivers during the install (I see the F5 "driver" menu option, but I'm not sure what to do with it)?
Below is what the installer sees as the disk devices
/dev/sda (dsik, dev 8:0-*:15) model: "maxtor 6y080M0 revision: "YAR5" Serial: "Y2PBCQQE" Driver: "sata_sil" Geometry: (logical): CHS 9964/255/63 Size: 160086528 sectors (76 GB)
Suggestions appreciated ...
Peter I had the same problem. I went into BIOS and disabled SATA Native Mode until
On Sunday 27 August 2006 21:34, Peter Van Lone wrote: the installation was 100% complete and I had restarted several times. Something you could check for. Carl L