On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:53:15PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:43 +0100, George Borisov wrote: > > Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > > > Why doesn't Debian detect the drive? More importantly, what can I do to > > > make it detect it? I have tried all (only two) of the parameters for > > > the sata_via (or via_sata) module. > > > > Did you use "linux26" when installing? > > > > If so, you might need to use the Etch (testing) installer, rather than > > the Sarge one (stable.) I have installed Sarge on a SATA machine before, > > but some people here have reported problems. (There were several threads > > on this in the last few months.) > > Okay, I managed to get this image downloaded after about 6 hours (dialup > is blazingly fast!): > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso > > ...and it worked! But I want to use Debian stable. This simplest "fix" > for this would be to wait until the applicable change makes it to Debian > stable. I would like to know how long that will be, or what revision of > stable would include the change. I am new to Debian and do not fully > understand the way development occurs, so I don't even know if it is > possible to answer this question. Will it be the next release > (Etch/stable)? Sarge was released in June of 2005, and releases take > 2-3 years (right?), so Etch won't be released until 2007... but maybe a > revision will fix the problem. >
Look at http://www.debian.org/releases/ for lots of official information. I, personally, run Sarge/Stable. If you want stability then wait. As long as you don't mindlessly upgrade every few days *your* system *is* stable. But if you know that there are packages that you would like to use, but have not yet installed, the answer is more complicated. Look for a 'back port' of the package that you especially needed to get your system working. If you can find such, you can run a slightly un-Stable version of Stable, by installing Sarge and then installing that back-port. (Back-ports are not official parts of Stable, but they are configured during build to work with Stable.) A problem with stable software is that it generally works best with older hardware. Other people will surely have other, possibly better, advise. HTH -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
