any clue why this would happen in disk_config / etch

[Michael Tautschnig]

> hi i'm using fai 3.2.8  in etch.  my fai client is a machine running
> on a adaptec raid card.  I'd love to use lenny for a fai server and
> install lenny on the fai-client machine, but i can't, there is an
> issue out there right now with certain older adaptec raid cards and
> current kernel in lenny.
> 
[...]
> Partitioning local harddisks using setup_harddisks
> setup_harddisks version 0.43fai
> Probing disks:
> Disks found: sda
> 
[...]

"Probing disks:" should really list some disks afterwards :-(

> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for what is going wrong?  To make
> this more fun, I don't have console access to the machine right now.
> 

I guess that problem is fundamentally related to that Adapted card, probably
it's using some unhandled device names. Once you regain access to that system,
please post the contents of /proc/partitions.

Best,
Michael

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