MEDION P89626 with 3.1.10

[Philoo]

time for a serial cable...

at least check dmesg. (unplug the flash drive/harddisk, mount it to a different system and check in var/log/dmesg.log the one for your medion , not the host computer )

[sluppy]

sorry for not posting anything so far, i will need to get an external 3,5" hdd case, as i only have an imac and a laptop.
But thanks for your help, now and in the near future

[sluppy]

hello everyone,

thanks for being so patient.
I got my old external case and checked out the harddrive.
I can not access it at all, apparently it can not be read.
So i could format it and start the install new?
Or is there a way to install Arch via PC onto the Harddrive?
That would probably be easier then the whole usb thingi, which did not work for me in the first place

Cheers for your help!

[WarheadsSE]

Can't be read at all ? Is there even partitions on it? (linux)

[sluppy]

no i dont think there is anything on there... (i only have a mac and the disk utility was not able to identify a partition)
best to format it and start anew i guess?

do i need to prep the drive or can i just format it in fat and run the usb stick again?

[WarheadsSE]

Mac's don't exactly understand linux.

[sluppy]

I ran Windows (bootcamp) and it doesnt like the drive either
unfortunately i dont have a linux system anywere at the moment.
but i could run gentoo live if that helps?
so no point in running the usb again?

[WarheadsSE]

Live CD's & VM's work just fine.

[sluppy]

i tried gentoo, but i didnt get anything from the drive...
guess i messed up worse than i thought...

edit:
so i dont know what happend, but the drive is pretty much dead. i see its there but i get no access to it.

any chance i can "reinstall" ?
(sorry for my helplessness but this is getting to confusing for me )

[WarheadsSE]

Ought to work just fine. Nothing should have hosed a drive to dead like that.