[Nix-dev] Nix OS installation problems - Where's the hard drive?

[Wout Mertens]

What does dmesg say, and what is in /proc/partitions?

Also, what kind of hard disk do you have, simple SATA?

Wout.
On Oct 3, 2014 5:14 AM, "Joseph Joe" <joej at reed.edu> wrote:

> I'm trying to install Nix OS onto my computer. My computer's optical drive
> is broken, so I tried installing using a live usb. But when I boot from a
> live usb, the only recognized harddrive is the usb. So, when I enter the
> command "fdisk -l", the usb is shown to be mounted on
> /dev/sda and there are no other entries.
>
> On the other hand, I was able to install Ubuntu with no problems and
> reformat the harddrive. I can partition and modify the harddrive fine in
> Ubuntu.
>
> I tried making uefi and legacy boot live usbs for Nix OS, and both have
> the same problem.
>
> Any suggestions and help would be well appreciated
>
> -- Joseph Joe
>
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