Hi Geert, Thanks for your reply. I guess this is where some of the newbie questions come in.
1) What is the netboot image, how do I use it, and where do I get it from? Does this method actually require that I do a network boot? If so, do I somehow copy the netboot files to a second computer and point my SC420 to it at bootup time? 2) How do I get the 2.6 kernel? What is the connection between stable/testing/unstable and the kernel? For example, is Sarge based on 2.4 and unstable on 2.6? 3) Even if I am able to follow your instructions and install, is what I found below still a bug? Should I log this bug? If so, how? Thanks in advance, Eric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:38 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / ata_piix On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:59:10PM -0500, Eric Silberstein wrote: > Hi, > > I am a Debian and linux newbie. I recently purchased a Dell SC420 and want > to install Sarge. The Dell SC420 has a SATA drive. I am attempting install > using the 20041120 daily build netinst CD image. The installer fails to > recognize my hard drive. Through google > (http://lists.progeny.com/archive/discover-workers/200410/msg00008.html) I > found the advice "Whilst the PATA CDROM drive was detected the main hard > disk was not - I needed to manually modprobe ata_piix for d-i to run through > correctly." However, I'm not sure how to do this since the ata_piix module > is not included on the CD image. Through google > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/10/msg00348.html) I found a bug > report saying "The kernel-image-2.4.26-1 package doesn't seem to contain the > ata_piix.o module" due to a bug in a Makefile. Both of these bugs are > reportedly fixed. What should I do? Can I download ata_piix.o from > somewhere and use it during my install process? Do I need to build my own > netinst image, and if so, how do I do that? Last wednesday I did spend with installing on a Dell SC420. The great trick was using a 2.6 kernel. They are available for debian-installer (I used the netboot images ( no rebuild needed )) and do provide the ata_piix module. After the reboot you will encounter #277298, where control-C allows you to get a second console, so you can append acpi=off for the next boot. > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Silberstein > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]