Re: Debian Installer on DELL PowerEdge 850/860

[Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>]

rhelas rhelas wrote:
> shut ur mouth.
>
> Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net> wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 10:09 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>   
> > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 05:23:15PM +0100, Ben Humpert wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi,
> > >  
> > > since im using Debian, the installer is not able to find the sata-controller used in DELL PowerEdge 850 and 860 Servers. i started with 31r0a and currently tried it with 31r5, each was 32bit for i386. Now im trying the 31r5 for ia64 (server is capable of that).
> > >  
> > >       
> > use the etch installer. sarge doesn't generally support SATA while
> > etch does. Etch will be released "any time now" and is already getting
> > security support and is very usable. 
> >
> > A
> >     
>
> Agreed.  I just did an Etch install on a server with SATA drives.  I
> used the daily build of the Etch installer from the 5th of this month
> and it went flawlessly.  The Etch installer is one of the best
> installers out there as far as I'm concerned. 
>
>
>   
So this is how you answer a response to your post about the problem you 
had with the Sarge installer?   I add my verification of what Andrew 
said so you'll have more than one source for the advice, and this is 
your response? 

Wow.  What a guy.  You  can bet I won't be answering any more of your 
requests for help.