On 7 May 2015 at 17:29, David R. Haynor <hay...@uw.edu> wrote: > hi debian gurus, > > > i am attempting a clean install on a system currently running windows 7 > (i.e. i have saved the files i need and want to repartition the disk). i > burned a .iso installer file for my system (64-bit intel, so i used the > amd64 release of debian 8). when i boot from the CD (or if i just try to > run setup.exe), the installation process goes smoothly -- configuring > ethernet, setting up root password, etc. -- until i get to the partition > disk step. at this point, i do not see the disk drives on the system, > which are SATA. it asks for iSCSI volumes, of which there are none. if i > try "write changes to disk and finish", the system just hangs. originally > the system was configured as RAID. i've tried changing to non-RAID in the > BIOS but i get the same error message. the hard drive control is a Marvell > 88SE63xx/64xx, according to the BIOS set up file. > > what to do? > That is unusual. Have you tried running a Debian Live CD and then installing?
Regards Michael Fothergill > > thanks in advance. > > > -dh >
