Gunner,

I know the feeling.

When I posted about my problem, Alain Knauf suggested the following:

<<
In the "Cho[o]se hard disk controller module" menu, cho[o]se OTHER, and then
you get proposed a larger menu

>>

Maybe the driver you need is in the extended list. If not, then a custom image is the only solution that I see. The complete command that I used was:

/usr/lib/udpcast/makeImage -c udpcd.iso -k /boot/vmlinuz -m "e1000e ata_generic pata_acpi" -C udpcd.cfg --fullbox

The image generator is not so hard to install.

Cheers,

bert

2010/1/14 Gunner Poulsen <gp@lyngbjerggaardskolen.dk>
I tested that i could mount the hard disc in a Ubuntu live CD. I can, but I
don't have the courage to make a new cd.
I think it uses the libata module, but it doesn't work.

Gunner

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:50:59 +0100, Bert Van Vreckem wrote
> Dear Gunner,
>
> I had exactly the same problem with 42 shiny new Dell boxes that
> spent their first months as very expensive paper weights...
>
> In the end, I took a Linux kernel from a standard Fedora
> installation and put it into a Udpcast CD boot image using the image
> creator [http://udpcast.linux.lu/mkimagedoc.html]. To know which (S)
> ATA drivers you need exactly, boot Linux from a live cd and do an
> lsmod in a terminal. In my case, it was pata_ahci and ata_generic
> (IIRC). The busybox shell is no longer functioning on my new boot
> cd&#39;s, but at least I can clone again...
>
> Held og lykke. Let me know how it went and whether I can be of
> further assistance...
>
> bert
>
> 2010/1/14 Gunner Poulsen <gp@lyngbjerggaardskolen.dk>
> Dear friends
> I use UDP-cast in my work as administrator on a school. It has worked
> brilliant for years :-)
> Now we have got 35 new labtops that I have to clone. But UDP-Cast
> can&#39;t find the harddisk :-( The hard discs are: ATA Hitachi hts542525k9sa00
> UDP-cast just comes up with OTHER as harddisk partions to clone.
> Can anyone help?
> I beleve it is a fault in the driver.
>
> Med venlig hilsen Gunner Poulsen
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Med venlig hilsen Gunner Poulsen
Lærer på http://www.lyngbjerggaardskolen.dk
Mobil: 30 24 58 72