Quoting Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@oi.com.br>:
Hi!
I need to install etch in a notebook which has MS-Vista installed. I
have shrinked the HD (using diskpart from inside Vista) in order to get
room for etch. I am using the etch netinstall cd, and the gui-expert
mode with the following parameters: "acpi=off pnpbios=off noapic
noapm" (I need these parameters in order to boot the Knoppix live CD,
so, I guess the same are need for etch). Everything is going fine until
the stage where the HD is detected: the etch installer doesn't detect
any HD...
The installed HD is a Western Diginal Scorpio HD (WD800BEVS), using the
SATA port 1. I wonder if I need any special module to be loaded during
the installation...
Any help will be very welcome.
Etch defaults with a 2.6.18 kernel which might not have the drivers for
your chipset. Give lenny or sid a try, or if your heart is set on etch,
then perhaps look for a custom etch install with backported kernels.
2.6.22 would probably detect your drive.
Cheers,