On Saturday 15 November 2003 22:33, Erik Steffl wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:15, Justin Burke wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both > > installation methods hang at the same point: > > > > "Loading kernel modules > > > > Detected module 'ide-probe-mod' for 'Linux IDE probe driver'" > > > > I have reason to believe that the system is hanging because of the SATA > > drive. I think that I need to use a 2.6.0 kernel. Is this right? How do > > I create an installation CD with a different kernel? > > you need a fairly new kernel for SATA, 2.4.21 iwth ac4 patches, I > think. If you have a large SATA drive (>130GB) you also need libata5 > patches from Jeff Garzik. I have 2.4.21-ac and manually applied libata5 > patch (and 250 GB Matrox on intel D865PERL motherboard) > > Some of the newer kernels might work without ac or Jeff's patches, > hard to tell. Check the linux kernel mailing list archives (search for > SATA) >
I'm using a fresh from kernel.org 2.4.22 without any patches for my 80 gig sata drive. -- http://www.de-brauwer.be -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]