Re: Netinstall fails to detect SATA disk.
> > I don't know why it is not working with this debian-installer. It seems
> > to me that the modules sata_nv and libata are loaded, but maybe I need
> > others?
> A bug in kernel 2.6.[789] prevent disk from responding if attached to
> the nforce SATA port. You've been bitten by this bug.
> Symptoms are : quering the SATA port finds something, but the query of
> the diks times out.
>
> 2.6.10 works ok.
I'm typing this on a Shuttle SN95G5 running 2.6.8 with (only) an SATA hard
drive. I don't believe I did anything special - the SATA just worked...
(I used the sid-amd64-netinst.iso image.)
Let me know if there's any other info I can provide that would be of help.
Take care,
Dale
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Dale E. Martin - dale@the-martins.org
http://the-martins.org/~dmartin
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