SUCCESS! i removed the usb card, ran a full install (which re-booted fine), re-installed the card and all is well. i filed bugzilla #18060 on the installer. Thanks. This fixes two machines. dave From: Peter Lieverdink <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@cafuego.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu@cafuego.net</a>> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:07:36 +1000 Subject: Re: scsi naming by installer On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 19:54 -0600, Dave Mallery wrote: > hi > > here's my second problem: (i'm zero for three on 5.10 installs) > > i have two machines that have usb 2.0 add-in boards. the installer > finds the usb ports and assigns them sda, sdb, sdc and sdd. > then it comes to the two real scsi drives and names them sde and sdf. > > when it comes time to boot, init looks for the real hard drives at sda > and sdb and that's all she wrote. > > i have had this problem with 5.04 and with others. > > i don't dare touch my production machines. > > now what? > > thanks in advance. > > dave >>open a terminal; unload the usb and scsi modules; load the scsi modules >>first, THEN the usb ones. Now sda/sdb should be the scsi drives. hi peter at the end of the first part of the install, all i can get for a terminal (via ctrl/alt/f2) is a busybox prompt. its help does not contain any module-manipulators.(lsmod, etc). for my next try i will remove the usb2.0 card. thanks very much. that's the first meaningful help i have received on this problem ever. dave >>After installation do not reboot, but check the initrd config file. make >>_sure_ all required scsi modules are on the initrd image and loaded >>first. - P. -- Peter Lieverdink <a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">counter.li.org</a> #108200 -37.807478, 144.94465 0x969F3F57 9662 1CB5 8E54 450D 2E12 9D7E 580E 2519 969F 3F57 cachaca 12:07:34 up 22:49 2 users load: 0.14 0.21 0.23 Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) Linux 2.6.12-9-amd64-k8 x86_64 -- Dave Mallery, K5EN (ubuntu linux 5.04) PO Box 520 .~. _ Ramah, NM 87321 /V\ -o) no gates... /( )\ /\\ running Debian GNU/Linux no windows! ^^^^^ _\_v free at last! linux counter #64628 SCO delenda est! <a href="http://www.stores.ebay.com/davessurpluscables/">www.stores.ebay.com/davessurpluscables/</a>