[Sderby] Debian

[Ian Spratt]

> Hi,
>
> Anyone out there running debian at present?
> I've just upgraded my pc and rather than reinstall fedora core, thought
I'd try the latest debian cd's (7 in total - taken the best part of all
day to download). This will sit alongside windows xp - this needed a third
party driver for the hard disk controller to boot.
>
> My issue is that debian doesn't find the hard disk (serial ata drive)
and consequently won't install - does anyone have any ideas? I've trawled
through the debian site but can't find anything specific.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
>


Hi Roger
I use debian on several machines, but none of them are serial ata. do you
know what version of the kernel the installer is running? i think the
standard for debian woody (the current stable version) isnt even a 2.4
series, so wont have serial ata controller support. if you havent already
tried, try the bf2.4 kernel during the install, which might need to boot
from a different disk.

if all else fails, you could try the beta version of the new debian
installer. its available from
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
the problem with this is it needs internet access, and downloads all the
packages from the internet, rather than from the cds you already have.

HTH
Ian