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Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error

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Hans wrote:
>
>I tried to install debian 9 on an older computer with an IDE hdd. The 
>installation went fine, until the installer wantet to install grub into the 
>mbr.
>
>The problem: The installer sees the drive as /dev/sda and not, as it should 
>be, as /dev/hda.
>
>Then I tried to install the bootloader using TRK (Trinity Rescue Kit), this 
>sees the drive as /dev/hda, but is telling me, that it can not be mounted due 
>to false tags.
>
>My last installation on an IDE drive is very long ago, so Imight have missedf 
>some changes. And afterwards, I was only using scsi and sata drives, so this 
>issue never appeared.

The hdX naming scheme went away a long time ago - all normal disks
should be showing us as sdX whether they're connected via IDE (PATA),
SATA, SCSI or whatever.

Did the installer actually fail to install the bootloader? If so, what
errors did you get?

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane

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Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-07-19 18:20 +0200
  Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-07-19 18:50 +0200
  Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2017-07-19 18:50 +0200
    Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-07-19 19:00 +0200
      Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-07-19 19:40 +0200
        Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-07-19 20:30 +0200
      Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-07-19 20:20 +0200
      Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-19 21:00 +0200
        Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-07-20 00:50 +0200
          Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-20 02:00 +0200
            Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-07-20 23:00 +0200
            Re: Installation of debian/stretch 32-bit error David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-21 03:00 +0200

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