Andre Luis Lopes wrote: > One question : Is SATA support available only in d-i kernels or is it > also available in the stock Debian kernels ? I searched for SATA in > kernel-image-2.4.24's changelog and README.Debian and did not found > anything (and I'm using one i386 arch). > > I think that SATA support needs to be available in stock Debian kernels or > else users won't be able to boot their machines after the installation > as it seems that a normal kernel-image (not a d-i kernel) is installed > after the usual install process. > > Evidently, I'm not in a position to provide patches to any of these > items as I have only limited knowledgment, which can be used to help as a > translator and not as a developer, but I would be glad if d-i would > release with all these features available :-)
The same kernel is used for install and installed system, barring only variations for processor optimisations. I have heard that 2.4.24 has improved SATA support, and i386 is on 2.4.24 as of today or tomorrow. -- see shy jo
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