On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 09:16:56AM +0100, silvain van Weers wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First I want to apologize for my tiny knowledge of the debian system at all. > I recently bought a Japanese Sony Vaio type VGN-S53B (which roughly > corresponds to the american S series (e.g S250/S270). > > My first step was wiping all the WinXP stuff and reformatting the > harddrive in order to attempt to install Debian sarge. Not a good move on a laptop: occasionally you need to keep manufacturers restore partitions or whatever. A bit late now. > Try using a Knoppix disk - see if that finds a hard drive. > The Debian installer was unable to recognize the harddrive, even > attempting to pas "linux26" as parameter didn't result in detection. > Using "modprobe sata-" alternatives on the alt+f2 console didn't have > any effect. The installer claims that "no partitionable harddrive" was > detected. My laptop stores one harddrive (which I think is SATA) of > 60gb. The BIOS doesn't show any options to put this drive in > "compatibility" or any other modes.
Try the Debian installer for "Testing" - available from the debian installer page. Your laptop is only about 6 months old - the installer for Sarge was finalised a while ago. It is possible that the new installer may work better. > > I think it would be wise to put my question/problem on such a huge > mailinglist. I already searched (read) many forums but my problem > seems quite specific. > > I now wonder if my hardware is even supported (too new laptop??) and > if it was wise to buy it at all, since I wanted it to run Debian only. It probably _is_ supported but just possibly not by Debian stable. Andy > > If this is not the place to post my question I humbly apologize. > > Many thanx in advance, > > -= Silvain van Weers > > Computer Science student @ Utrecht University (NL) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
