y-u2untu-4
May 9th, 2015, 12:37 PM
I have following problem. I was about to install Linux on my laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540), when I probably corrupted the whole machine.
EDIT1: Previous state: Win7 / elementaryOS - dual boot - perfectly working
My current state:
No OS installed
No Linux Live Distro recognizes a harddisk
GParted Live doesn't recognize a harddisk either
Lenovo Diagnostic tool is the only thing recognizing my harddisk
I tried every way I ca imagine..
When just trying to boot up, I get
error: no such partition.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
In there I tried
ls
which gives me
(hd0) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)
But in none of the 4, I can find a
(hd0,XX)/boot
Trying ubuntu 15.04:
Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT
ACPI PCC probe failed
Then it boots up, but GParted doesn't recognize the HDD and the installation process fails, because I don't have enough space (because the harddrive isn't recognized)...
Trying to install Archlinux gives me
No caching mode page found
Assuming drive cache: write through
Then starts up, but
fdisk -l
gives me only my USB stick, not the harddrive..
Trying CentOS gives me
No caching mode page found
Assuming drive cache: write through
And then needs a lot time to give me
Warning: Could not boot.
Warning: /dev/root does not exist
Starting Dracut Emergency Shell
Trying to install Damn Small Linux gives me
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:02
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
Trying Manjaro gives me
Loading /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img failed: No such file or directory
EDIT2: Lenovo Diagnostic Tool gives me
HGST
HTS725050A7E630
Firmware: GH2ZB550
Size: 0GB
Any other test I should run? Any ideas what's going on?
EDIT1: Previous state: Win7 / elementaryOS - dual boot - perfectly working
My current state:
No OS installed
No Linux Live Distro recognizes a harddisk
GParted Live doesn't recognize a harddisk either
Lenovo Diagnostic tool is the only thing recognizing my harddisk
I tried every way I ca imagine..
When just trying to boot up, I get
error: no such partition.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
In there I tried
ls
which gives me
(hd0) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)
But in none of the 4, I can find a
(hd0,XX)/boot
Trying ubuntu 15.04:
Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT
ACPI PCC probe failed
Then it boots up, but GParted doesn't recognize the HDD and the installation process fails, because I don't have enough space (because the harddrive isn't recognized)...
Trying to install Archlinux gives me
No caching mode page found
Assuming drive cache: write through
Then starts up, but
fdisk -l
gives me only my USB stick, not the harddrive..
Trying CentOS gives me
No caching mode page found
Assuming drive cache: write through
And then needs a lot time to give me
Warning: Could not boot.
Warning: /dev/root does not exist
Starting Dracut Emergency Shell
Trying to install Damn Small Linux gives me
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:02
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
Trying Manjaro gives me
Loading /manjaro/boot/x86_64/manjaro.img failed: No such file or directory
EDIT2: Lenovo Diagnostic Tool gives me
HGST
HTS725050A7E630
Firmware: GH2ZB550
Size: 0GB
Any other test I should run? Any ideas what's going on?